Home of the Week
Up-country N.H. property comes with two cabins, all the furnishings, and water frontage with a dock.
$649,900
Style Log-sided cabin
Year built 2008
Square feet 1,681 (main)/480
Bedrooms 3 (main)/2
Baths 2 full, 1 half (main)/1 full
Sewer/Water Private
Taxes $5,002 (2023)
First the pronunciation, then the history, then the directions.
The northernmost county in New Hampshire, Coös, is also the largest. That’s “Co-oss,” not “Koos.” The name is drawn from the Native American phrase “dwellers in the pine tree place.” And Pittsburg — steel yourself, because that’s right, no H — was founded in 1840, about a decade after the area, once known as the Republic of Indian Stream, merged with the United States.
It’s a town where the moose are said to outnumber the people. The population of Pittsburg was 833 people in 2023.
To get to this “Great North Woods” property from Boston, head up Interstate 93 north to Route 145, then on Route 3 past Young’s General Store. Take a left onto Round Pound Road. The distance is about 225 miles, or about 4½ hours of the license plate game. (You’ll run out of license plates before you run out of road.)
This 0.67-acre property contains two homes ― the 1,681-square-foot main cabin with three bedrooms and 2.5 baths and a 480-square-foot cabin a bit closer to Round Pond ― that share 211 feet of waterfront. Both are rustic: The floors, ceilings, walls, doors, and trim are all knotty pine. And both have excellent pond and mountain views from multiple spots, but especially on the broad porches that run along the front of both. (The current owner, who is also the listing agent, rented the entire property for $550 a night, or $450 a night for just the main house.)
Entry to the main house is off a gravel driveway that can park six vehicles. A white door with a glass panel opens into an 11-foot-long hallway that contains a bench made out of a half-log with branches for legs, and on the left, a windowed half bath with a single vanity topped with Formica.
Moving from the hallway to the right leads to a dining room where a planked-wood table for eight occupies a spot under a light fixture with shaded bulbs. Natural light arrives through three double-hung windows, a pair of white doors to the porch, and a second door to the outside.
The kitchen flows into an expansive living room where the key feature is a stone-faced woodburning fieldstone fireplace that runs from the floor to the tip of the 20-foot-high cathedral ceiling. Exposed beams span the space. Natural light comes from three double-hung windows and two glass doors to the porch overlooking the pond. Stairs with log-like balusters and railings lead to the upper and lower levels.
The upper level is set aside for the primary suite. The bedroom — at 452 square feet, one of the largest spaces in the house — comes with two closets. The full bath features an L-shaped vanity with a Formica counter, porcelain sink, and a shower insert behind a curtain.
The lower level has two bedrooms at opposite ends of the house. The connecting room, which can be used as an additional bedroom, boasts a custom-built live-edge bar. Glass doors lead to the ground-level porch. The full bath on this floor has a single vanity with a Formica counter and a porcelain sink. The shower is an insert.
A laundry room completes this level.
The second building, the cottage, has an open layout with a full kitchen, as well as one bedroom and one bath. It carries the same rustic, woodsy aesthetic, and boasts a screen porch.
Both homes are being sold furnished and have propane heat.
A 30-foot-long dock juts out into Round Pond, where powered watercraft of 25 horsepower or less is allowed.
The region is a 12-month tourist destination for those who love the outdoors. It’s marbled with ATV, snowmobile, and hiking trails, as well as ponds, rivers, and lakes for fishing, swimming, and boating. Rather stick around the cabins? The wild blueberry and raspberry bushes await.
Erin Hutchinson of eXp Realty owns the home and has the listing.
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