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Dorchester farmhouse has a storied past
William Monroe Trotter and his wife, Geraldine Pindell Trotter, were devoted to each other and to racial equality, which is why their former home on Jones Hill is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also why Boston named an elementary school after Trotter in the 1960s.
The house has a new coat of taupe paint but maintains the white picket fencing and farmer’s porch where the Trotters once tread.
The current owner loves art, and unique decoration results, including ribbons on the front stairs, pickled floors in the kitchen, and white-painted floors in the master suite that contrast with claw-foot tubs in the bathrooms painted in brightly colored designs. The kitchen is blond and white, with a butcher block, period sink, bead-board cabinets, and vertically striped wallpaper. It features a large pantry and space for a double-size refrigerator in a hallway that leads outside, where the porch is covered with an arbor roof and the backyard.
The living room has a spindled, mirrored fireplace mantel, a chandelier, wide-plank flooring in natural finish, and a bank of windows with natural trim. The dining living room has a beach-house toned atmosphere with white window trim and walls.
Three bedrooms on the second floor are comfortably sized with adequate closets. The main bath needs some freshening. The third floor has the master suite with a full bath, updated with a period look, and ceilings shaped by the eaves of the sloping roof. Listing brokers Lee Robinson and Kerry Dowlin of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in Dorchester are holding an open house today from noon to 2 p.m.
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