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    Charming Connecticut home of late Peter, Paul and Mary member lists for $949K

    By Jennifer Gould,

    5 hours ago

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    Peter, Paul and Mary, the iconic American folk trio, have been part of music culture with songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff the Magic Dragon” for more than half a century.

    Now, a magical pre-Revolutionary War Connecticut farmhouse, where the group’s late singer-songwriter and activist Mary Travers lived from 1966 until her death from leukemia in 2009, has hit the market for $949,000.

    The seller is the folk icon’s daughter, Alicia Travers.

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    Folk icon Mary Travers. Getty Images
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    This charming farmhouse dates to 1730. Bernadette Queenan
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    Beamed and vaulted ceilings add charm to the dining room. Bernadette Queenan

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    Folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Getty Images
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    The sunny eat-in kitchen. Bernadette Queenan
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    The estate comes with a koi pond and stone pathways. Bernadette Queenan

    Built in 1730, the property is where Mary “found peace, tranquility and inspiration,” said listing broker Laura Ancona, of William Pitt-Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.

    The charming four-bedroom, three-bath home is at 70 Limekiln Road in Redding. It comes with a pool and gardens, and sits on 2.05 acres. At 2,323 square feet, the farmhouse features details like wide-board floors, exposed beams and two original fireplaces.

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    There’s also a post-and-beam great room addition, built in 1991, with vaulted ceilings, a stone fireplace, built-in bookshelves and French doors that lead to “secret gardens.”

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    The estate is filled with flowers and trees. Bernadette Queenan
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    The Redding, Conn., estate sits on 2.04 acres. Bernadette Queenan
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    Original details remain. Bernadette Queenan
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    The lovely music area. Bernadette Queenan

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    A sunlit kitchen boasts beamed and vaulted ceilings, along with a soapstone sink, a breakfast area, a butler’s pantry and plenty of built-ins.

    Upstairs, there’s a second-floor main bedroom suite with a fireplace, a bathroom and a walk-in closet. French doors lead to a wisteria-covered porch with views of a waterfall and koi pond.

    A top floor hosts an additional three bedrooms and a shared hall bathroom.

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    The colorful great room. Bernadette Queenan
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    There’s even room for laundry. Bernadette Queenan
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    One of the home’s cozy bedrooms. Bernadette Queenan

    Outside, the gardens feature perennial flowers, like roses and peonies, and mature trees including an apple and a cherry tree.

    There’s also a one-bedroom guest house, and what’s known as the “little house” — a one-room structure with a fireplace and vaulted ceilings where friends would come to camp out, hippie-style, in earlier decades, Ancona said.

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