1929 Lake Garfield Estate with Olmsted-Attributed Grounds

A large interwar-era estate with direct frontage on Lake Garfield. 535 Main Road in Monterey, known as "Newgrange," was built in 1929 as a country manor and remains one of the more substantial lakefront properties in this part of the Berkshires. It's showing it's age and needs a bit of love but it's bones present a thousand enchanting possibilities.

The house reflects the period when Monterey and nearby towns saw an influx of seasonal estate building tied to the region’s resort economy. At more than 9,500 square feet with 10 bedrooms and 5.5 baths, the layout is organized around separate rooms rather than open space—formal dining, library, billiards room, and a series of living areas.

A notable detail is the landscape plan, attributed to Frederick Law Olmsted, though time has overtaken much of the original design. Not to say it's current state isn't lovely in a more forested way.

The property sits on 7.7 acres with 165 feet of private lake frontage, including a dock, and also includes a guest house and secondary pond.

Lets be frank, the house hasent been updated in a generation or two so inside, the house retains many a handsome, if dusty, detail like original stone fireplaces, wood floors, and paneled rooms, along with a country kitchen and ancillary spaces that reflect its original use as a seasonal estate. The scale allows for multiple uses today, including continued residential occupancy or hospitality-oriented programming. 

535 Main Road, Monterey is listed for $3,900,000 by Steven Weisz at William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.