Dairy Farm-Turned Home Sells For $1.8M In Lake Forest

570 Hathaway Circle in Lake Forest (Redfin, iStock)

An outdated Lake Forest dairy barn that was remodeled into a residence bought for $1.8 million.

The five-bed room, 6,239-sq.-foot brick and stone residence was crafted in 1928 for the Meadowood gentleman’s farm and converted into a home in the 1950s, the Chicago Tribune claimed.

The residence at 570 Hathaway Circle is recognised for a 2nd-flooring hay-loft dome that steps 60 feet in diameter. The previous dairy farm was developed by Ralph Varney to resemble a 16th-century French Normandy composition and initially had 7 properties and no main home. Immediately after the farm closed in the 1930s, the properties sat vacant for about two many years right until they ended up converted into one-household properties that stand on Hathaway Circle to this day.

Photographs of 570 Hathaway Circle in Lake Forest (Redfin)

The dairy barn has been current around the several years. It now has four and a 50 % bathrooms and a library. An connected a few-amount silo contains the living spots including a first-floor major bed room suite with two stroll-in closets and an current bathroom. The dwelling has hardwood floors and 18-inch-thick partitions. The kitchen area has been up to date with travertine flooring, quartzite counter tops, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a La Cornue range.

The spiral staircase and uncovered brick partitions in the entryway stay as reminders of the home’s earlier.

The showstopper is the initial hay loft.

The primary hay loft positioned in 570 Hathaway Circle (Redfin)

“It’s just an amazing piece of architecture, and absolutely everyone who walks in is just wowed and awed by it,” Sally Wooden of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago said. “My clients lived there 10 years and did quite a bit of inside perform updating the property, and they’re just so energized to see the residence handed on to the new entrepreneurs for them to delight in and honor it the way they have.”

The home sits on .8 acres of landscaped land and has a swimming pool.

The sellers, who compensated $1.275 million for the residence in 2013, first listed the dwelling for $1.99 million in January. In March, they lowered the asking cost to $1.89 million.

The household, alongside with the other six former farm structures on Hathaway Circle, were additional to the Nationwide Register of Historic Places in 2000.

570 Hathaway Circle in Lake Forest (Redfin)

[CT] — Victoria Pruitt