This story was originally produced by the Portsmouth Herald. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative.
Balmoral, an oceanside home constructed for a one-term New Hampshire governor, has sold for $16 million, the third-highest single-family residence sale in the state’s history.
The Little Boar’s Head estate, adjacent to the interdenominational Union Chapel and the Fuller Gardens, changed hands Wednesday, July 1.
The six-bedroom, 10-bathroom house was listed last year for $25 million by its prior owners, Jamee Field Kane and Michael Kane, and was featured in the Wall Street Journal. The asking price matched the closing price for the highest-selling home in New Hampshire history, a three-bedroom, five-bathroom house in nearby Straws Point in Rye that sold for $25 million in December 2022.
In 1930, the home was built as a summer residence for Gov. Huntley Spaulding, a former delegate to the Republican National Convention and past head of the state’s Board of Education.
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