Connecticut Farmhouse With Secret Prohibition-Era Bar Where Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller Drank Is Listed for $1.2 Million

When you think of historic homes in Connecticut, you don’t usually imagine cultural icons like Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller seated in them cozily swilling cocktails after being chauffeured there in a sparkling Bugatti.

But that—and much more, if the local whisperings are to be believed—is exactly what happened in one restored Taunton Hill mansion, which has just been placed on the market for $1.16 million.

The local landmark, known as Boxwood Farm, is thought to have been constructed around 1765, based on a date that the current owner, cellist William DeRosa, found carved into one of the ceiling beams as he and his wife, Kersti Ferguson, were restoring the house.

“It’s an original Fairchild home,” he explained. “The Fairchilds were among the original founders of Newtown,” where the home is situated on the top of a hill. The neighborhood was then, and still is now, one of the most prestigious in the area.

The home remained in the Fairchild family for generations, but it was in the possession of a movie mogul when DeRosa found it, fortuitously on a rest stop as he was racing from New York City to a ferry that would transport him to a concert on Nantucket.

(Boxwood Farm in Connecticut was built circa 1765, but has a cinematic history as well.Realtor.com)

(It sits on a 2.51-acre lot in charming Newtown.Realtor.com)

(Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe had drinks in this charming taproom when they were married and lived nearby.Realtor.com)

(The gleaming chestnut floor is original.Realtor.com)

He learned that Fox Studio executive Walter Hutchinson III had purchased the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home in the 1930s to use as a weekend retreat from New York City, where the studio was based.

Hutchinson frequently sent his Bugatti to round up the famous locals for a night of dining, drinking, and film watching. Miller and Monroe, who lived in nearby Roxbury, were repeat guests, according to multiple reports.

(One of four staircases, it was previously sealed up.Realtor.com)

(The 50 radiators in the home were sent out for restoration.Realtor.com)

(The attic was repurposed as a family room.Realtor.com)

(The kitchen was updated with new appliances, including this impressive stove.Realtor.com)

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