Nestled in a quiet valley in Morrisville , Vermont at the end of a gently curving country road , an awe-inspiring vacation rental property sits in a secluded and peaceful clearing . Green ’ s Mountain Meadow is a creatively conceived and immaculately constructed home that faultlessly encapsulates the historic architectural traditions of the Green Mountain State . Standing on 255 acres of pristine and unspoiled Vermont land , the four-bedroom , two full bathroom / two half bathroom home is an ideal setting for both unforgettable family vacations and lavishly discreet romantic getaways . The area surrounding the house is breathtakingly expansive . Two wide and majestic clearings surrounded by rows of tall and stately trees provide a perfect venue for enjoyable outdoor activities . A pond with a paddleboat lies down at the bottom of a gently sloping hill in front of the home , and an elaborately structured two-room wooden treehouse with a tall and wide staircase is mystically concealed in the forest standing directly behind it .
The story of how the home came to be is every bit as captivating as the enchanting vista that greets incoming guests as they pull into the driveway . After owners Scott and Britt Green partnered with a skilled
and experienced Northern Vermont builder , they were able to actualize their dream home into reality . By blending innovative and elegant design concepts with traditional post-and-beam architecture and making creative use of reclaimed materials , the Green family overcame the odds to build a house every bit as memorable and iconic as the meadow it calls home .
According to Scott Green , one of the things that he and Britt love best about the house is its “ rich Vermont history . The original property where Green ’ s Mountain Meadow now stands was deforested and farmed back in the 1700s . The first house on the property was built in 1800 . There was also a barn that stood there . In the 1940s , the Fournier family sold all 255 acres to the Watson family . The Watson family then brought another original post-andbeam barn over to the property from Cambridge , Vermont . It was disassembled in Cambridge and brought over and erected in Morrisville in the 1950s , where it was attached to the house that then stood on the property . When we acquired the home in December of 2004 , we were so excited to get started on the renovation process . We weren ’ t at all prepared for what happened next . Right after we initially started renovating the house , there was a tragic
fire in 2005 . We lost the original home that was there . It was horrifying . It really tested our resolve .”
Scott recalls that “ it was incredibly devastating to lose the house , but we knew that we had to keep going . Britt and I decided that we weren ’ t going to let anything deter us from accomplishing our dream . We started looking all around Vermont for barns to duplicate exactly what was there before the fire . We wanted the barn that we used to build the new structure to be located in Vermont . We wanted it to be a perfect embodiment of the same style that the old barn on the property was built in .”
The Greens then embarked on a scouting mission around the state to find the perfect structures to repurpose to build their home . Scott says that one of the first real breakthrough moments was when they “ found an old post-and-beam barn that was in Panton , Vermont that was built in 1774 . We purchased it and had it disassembled there in Panton and then re – erected here in Morrisville in 2005 . The barn now stands about 100 feet down from where the old barn was - just on the other side of the apple tree . We incorporated traditional construction methods to build the barn in the same fashion that it had
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