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Land Resources / News / Massachusetts
Eclectic Framingham house has 6 acres and neighbors conservation land
Source: The Milford Daily News, by Laura Spinella
December 23, 2011 
When Frank and Barbara Wilson happened upon the pieces of a vintage mahogany library, they knew it belonged in their dream home. Like a page from a treasured novel, this Honduran Mahogany library had been tucked away for safekeeping. Salvaged from a Winchester estate, the pieces of this elaborate library were first disassembled, purchased and stored in 1946. They remained in storage until the Wilsons discovered it at a second estate sale, instantly deciding it would be the footprint for their new home. “We saw it and called everyone we knew to help take it away. We stored the pieces, which were numbered, in our garage until we were ready to build,” said Barbara Wilson. The original owner of the library is said to be George Arthur Plimpton, who founded Ginn publishing and was grandfather to American journalist and writer George Plimpton.
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