image description — This home on Bulkley Street dates to the 1830s.

Friday Front Porch Feature: A Charming Home For You and Guests

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:14PM / Friday, October 31, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming, single-family farmhouse home in the Village Beautiful? Then this is the house for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 1 Bulkley St.

This 1830, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is 1,779 square feet on 1.40 acres. The asking price is $629,000.

The house comes with kitchen appliances like a built in electric oven, freezer, dishwasher, cooktop, and more. It features wide-plank floors, custom cabinets, a living room fireplace, first-floor bedroom suite and a patio with pergola. There's also a detached two-car garage and a 400-square-foot detached studio apartment just a short walk from the main house perfect for guests or renters.

We spoke to the listers Gintare Everett and Becky Polumbo with Alton and Westall Real Estate Agency LLC.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Bulkley Street is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in town.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

How charming and clearly loved this home has been.

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history?

It was one of three parcels purchased by Robert Noble in 1843. All the town's property tax records were destroyed by fire in 1859, making it difficult to determine the date of a house being built on that site in the years previous to the fire.

What kind of buyer do you see this home being perfect for?

The buyer for 1 Bulkley St. will have a taste for charming older homes and the character that they bring.

Are there any unique or custom elements?

The property is bordered by Hemlock Brook, the grounds are beautiful, it is a magical setting.

Are there any recent renovations or standout design features?

There is a studio apartment that has been fully renovated to be utilized however the new owners imagine it. A rental apartment, office, studio, guest space .... endless possibilities.

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

Welcoming spaces, a peaceful brook, and a cozy fireplace make this home a place you'll love coming back to every day.

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

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Williamstown Board Hears Concerns About 'Hometown Heroes' Banners

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:32AM / Wednesday, September 16, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kurt Durocher told the Williamstown Select Board that he had received nothing but positive feedback from the North County communities where he proposed participation in the Hometown Heroes banner program.

Then Williamstown residents started to weigh in.

Durocher was before the board Monday evening to seek its blessing to put banners recognizing living and deceased military veterans on utility poles in Williamstown, an initiative that has been embraced in all but one of the other municipalities in the district where he serves as Veterans' Service Officer.

"The only negative I've had right now, and it's not really negative, [the Town of ] Florida doesn't want banners to go on Route 2, the Mohawk Trail, for safety reasons, understandably," Durocher said. "So we're trying to figure out an alternate way to make that work in Florida."

By and large, though, the reception to the program has been encouraging, Durocher said.

"I'll use Adams as an example," he said. "They've had a program for many, many years, but it's only for [military personnel] killed in action. Now that I've been allowed to take over that program … there's been a huge outpouring of support, because now we get living veterans on the poles as well.

"The only negative I've had is certain people want their banners in certain locations. So what we did in North Adams is we just did a random draw. I can't please everybody. I've got people who want a banner in a certain location, but three other people want that same location.It was a straight random draw for them."

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