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173 County Street
Lakeville, MA02347

$259,900

Single Family Residential

2 beds1 full bath1279 sqft

Lot: 1.61acres Year built: 1976

Lakeville Custom Cape

Feel like you are on vacation at your favorite ski resort everyday!! Are you looking for a home that's "not like everyone else has"? Are you looking for a gorgeous lot with a babbling brook not in a mosey neighborhood? Than this is the home for you!!!

About the Neighborhood

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.6 km²), of which, 29.9 square miles (77.4 km²) of it is land and 6.2 square miles (16.2 km²) of it (17.27%) is water. Lakeville is irregularly shaped, and is bound by Middleborough to the northeast and east, Rochester to the southeast, Freetown to the south and southwest, and Berkley and Taunton to the west. Its borders with Taunton, Berkley and Freetown are also a central section of the western borders of Plymouth County. Lakeville is roughly at the center of what is considered Southeastern Massachusetts, and is approximately twenty miles west of Plymouth, twenty miles north of New Bedford, thirty miles east of Providence, Rhode Island, and forty miles south of Boston.

The town's geography is dominated by its namesake "lakes," which are referred to as ponds in general usage. In addition to the main bodies of water and their feeder brooks and rivers, there are also several smaller ponds, as well as many brooks and swamps, including the Casual Swamp and the Cedar Swamp, which is protected as a part of the Assonet Cedar Swamp Wildlife Management Area, which is operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. There are also several small conservation areas, four country clubs and two parks, including the Ted Williams Camp, which was once the site of a summer baseball camp run by Ted Williams. According to "Lakeville, Massachusetts Gravestone Inscriptions 1711-2003" by Jean Douillette, there are 31 known cemeteries in Lakeville, or almost 1 per square mile.

The body of John Sassamon, advisor to Governor John Winslow, was discovered beneath the ice of Assawompsett Pond. He was believed to have been murdered and three Indians were tried and - on the testimony of only one witness (contrary to English law, which required the testimony of at least two witnesses in a murder trial) - were sentenced to death by hanging. When the sentence was carried out - Tobias, senior counselor to the Pokanoket sachem King Philip and a second supposed accomplice died. When the attempt was made to carry out the sentence on the third "accomplice" - Tobias's son - the rope broke and he was imprisoned, having first confessed to the killings. His confession is widely believed to have been coerced.

The death of John Sassamon and the subsequent trial and execution of the Indians - while not the cause of King Philip's War and the bloodshed that followed - nonetheless probably contributed to the ardor of the participants.

Education

Since 1959, Lakeville has shared its school department with Freetown, creating the Freetown - Lakeville Regional School District. Lakeville operates several schools for its school aged population. Assawompsett Elementary School is operated by the town for grades K-4. The George R. Austin Intermediate School is operated jointly with Freetown for grade 5. Freetown-Lakeville Middle School is operated jointly with Freetown for grades 6-8, and Apponequet Regional High School is jointly operated with Freetown for grades 9-12. Apponequet's colors are navy, white, and red, their nickname is the "Lakers," and their mascot was a Wampanoag brave, but after a sensitivity issue among one of the faculty at Apponequet, it was changed to an "A". The school, like several others in the region, used to use the spear logo made famous by Florida State University and the Washington Redskins for its athletics marks, but this was deemed to promote violence, so it was replaced with the "A". Their teams compete in the South Coast Conference, and their chief rival is Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett.

Transportation

Route 140, a four lane divided highway, passes through the town on its trip between Route 24 in nearby Taunton and Interstate 195 in New Bedford. The town is also crossed by Route 18, Route 79 and Route 105, as well as a short, 0.4 mile stretch of U.S. Route 44 in the far northern point of town. Route 79's eastern terminus is at its intersection with Route 105 on the town line. Additionally, three exits of Interstate 495 are located just over the town line in Middleborough, granting access to Routes 44, 18 and 105 (from north to south in order).

In addition to its highways, the terminus of the Middleborough-Lakeville Line of the MBTA's commuter rail is along the town's border (the rail itself passes along the town line; the parking lots are entirely within Lakeville). There is also a spur off that line, heading due west to Taunton, which is operated by CSX. This spur links the two main lines of the railroad in Southeastern Massachusetts; the easternmost, which heads to Cape Cod via the line used by the MBTA, and the westernmost, which proceeds to split in Taunton, sending two lines towards Fall River and New Bedford, respectively. The New Bedford line also passes through the town on its west side. The town has no air facilities of its own. The nearest private airfield is in Taunton; the nearest regional airport is in New Bedford, and the nearest national and international airport is T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, RI.

More details

This uniquely styled home will be sure to impress those looking for not the typical cape!! With its soaring ceilings, the floor to ceiling chimney, the gleaming hardwood floors and the open feel, it is sure to please!! This lovely home boasts a first floor master and first floor laundry. The babbling brook running through the yard just finishes the feel of being on vacation. Only seconds to the highway it is a commuters dream!!

Bobbie  Files

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