Grey Gables Mansion

by Deborah Benoit

Title

Grey Gables Mansion

Artist

Deborah Benoit

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Photograph - Original Art By Deborah Benoit

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Now offering Historical Inn accommodations in Vermont, The Grey Gables Mansion located in Richford, Vermont was built between 1890-1892, for a prosperous Richford entrepreneur, Sheldon Boright. By-gone days are recalled in this stately mansion. Mr. Boright, a wealthy wood baron, lived in the home with his young family. Much of the land in Richford was owned by Mr. Boright, including the land beyond the river. Here he would race his horses. He would invite his friends over for lavish parties in the ballroom formerly located on the third floor. The guests could wander up to the widow's peak and watch the horses race off in the distance.
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In the 1960's, the home was purchased by Hazel Weatherby, a cousin of Norman Rockwell. Mrs. Weatherby was a local schoolteacher and artist. Every year as an end of the year treat, Mrs. Weatherby would invite her students over for a tour of The Grey Gables Mansion. Upon her death, the mansion was inherited by her daughter who had married into the Bergeron family. Mrs. Weatherby's descendants now live in New Hampshire.
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The Mansion became a nursing home a short time thereafter. In the early 1990's, The Mansion underwent major renovations. IN 2002, The Mansion was purchased and turned into a Bed & Breakfast.
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Stories circulate around Richford about the ghosts which haunt The Grey Gables. Though we have never seen or heard any, many people have lived in and loved The Mansion. One of the ghosts is referred to as an old lady who likes to clean. I wish this one was true. It would save me alot of hard work!

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