GREAT BARRINGTON, MA - Chapin Fish, Broker-Partner of wm. Brockman Real Estate of Great Barrington and Monterey, Massachusetts, successfully brokered and closed the sale of Mirror Lake, an extraordinary 433 acre property with private a lake and pond in the rural Berkshire town of Sandisfield.
“It is a tribute to both Chapin’s hard work and professionalism and our innovative and creative marketing programs that wm. Brockman Real Estate offers that we were able to bring both the buyer and the seller to the table”, remarked Bill Brockman, the company founder.
“Mirror Lake and Wood Crest is a stunning property that has many incredible aspects to it, yet required an extensive and unique marketing program that communicated the property’s features and benefits to not just a local, but New York, national and global audience. I am very proud to have captured the essence of the property and conveyed that so effectively on the property web site (www.mirrorlake.us), which we did all the photography for, designed, and wrote”, said Chapin Fish, the 2012 Berkshire County Board of Realtors® President, and 2013 Realtor® of the Year, who listed and sold the property. The property was also showcased via www.luxuryrealestate.com and www.dupontregistry.com, as well as marketed through Brockman’s many other channels.
Mirror Lake... Camp Wood Crest... Cider Hill... All one and the same - the property is reminiscent of the family compounds of the late 19th century Adirondack's, this is the “great camp” of the Berkshires. The property has 433 acres, 6,651 feet of road frontage, Mirror Lake and Cotton Pond, absolute privacy, seclusion without isolation, and stunning natural beauty.
How this magnificent property came to be follows two distinct paths. Robert Green, a successful investment banker, searched for three years with his oldest son for his own ‘great camp’. The abandoned Camp Wood Crest met his exacting criteria, including a sizable lake in which he controlled the entire shoreline a short drive from Manhattan. He added significantly to the land holdings increasing them from 180 acres to 430 acres during his stewardship. The property itself has become what it is today largely due to his vision, hard work, and dedication to the land - along with that of his family.
The property was first settled in the 1780‘s, and colonial American stone walls still crisscross the landscape of this magnificent property, as 200+ year old testaments to the grueling work, sheer perseverance and ingenuity of the property’s forbearers. While Mr. Green was delivering milk to the Adirondack’s “great camps” each summer, the popularity of summer camps began to boom. Camp Wood Crest followed the early farming days, the era of Prohibition and World War II, and thrived through the 1960's. Reading the 'logs' of the camp, there is little doubt Mirror Lake was the center of the camp, along with the barn built on top of the dam where Broadway show tunes were the camp songs of the day. The camp closed in the late 60’s and was abandoned until Mr. Green, three years later, discovered Sandisfield and the Berkshires. The rustic main lodge, once the mess hall for the camp, boasts nearly 6,000 square feet of living space with a great room worthy of the name featuring sweeping lake views and twin towering fieldstone fireplaces, six bedrooms and five and a half baths. The property has been purchased by a family for private use. The Green family, who have had a deep bond with the property, stated “it is so important for us to know that this unique property will be loved and appreciated.”
Over the nearly 40 years wm. Brockman has been in business they have listed and sold many of the Berkshires most notable properties, including last year’s $4,500,000 sale on Ice Glen Road in Stockbridge, and Eastover in Lenox. Both properties were handled by Chapin Fish, the Berkshires top selling Realtor® of 2013 with highest total sales, based on data provided by the Berkshire County Multiple Listing Service. He is a member of "Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate," a global network of leading real estate companies.