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$1,100,000

78 Shaker Rd, Harvard MA 01451
Harvard, MA 01451
Listed by John Petraglia
Bedrooms
7
Bathrooms
3
Living area
7,012 sqft
Year built
1840

About this home

Owner will consider offers. Eat, Pray, Live, Create. Be inspired in this spacious home that has fledged artists, writers, thinkers and scholars for more than a century. Built by Shakers with a thoughtful simple aesthetic that connected this home to a whole community. Whether you need space, privacy, light, nature or quietude, this home and location have it all. Pure Shaker detail. The floorplan includes a large living room with a fireplace, a very large dining room, two full and one-half bath, multiple living levels allowing for any use imaginable. Interior features include natural woodwork, warm wood floors, large windows, a sunporch with banked windows, Shaker peg rails, built-in cupboards in nearly every room and classic Shaker stair railings. Set on over two acres offering garden areas abutting New England Forest. Come discover what Harvard and this wonderful Shaker home can offer you. Potential for interior ADU or nonprofit adaptive reuse.

Highlights

Fireplace

Property details

MLS #
73453731
Property type
Single Family Residence
Subdivision
N/A
Status
Active
Days on market
325
On market date
November 11, 2025
Stories
N/A
Total bathrooms
3
Garage spaces
3
Parking spaces
5
Lot size
2.3 acres

Location

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Nearby schools

Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card (e.g. NC Dept. of Public Instruction, SC Report Card).

Elementary
Page Hilltop Elementary School
2.5 mi away · Grades -1-5
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
4.0
Local Score (student-teacher ratio only (preliminary -- will incorporate state test-score data once available)) -- not an official state rating
Enrollment
540
Student:teacher ratio
12.9:1
District
Ayer Shirley School District
Middle
Littleton Middle School
3.54 mi away · Grades 6-8
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
4.0
Local Score (student-teacher ratio only (preliminary -- will incorporate state test-score data once available)) -- not an official state rating
Enrollment
398
Student:teacher ratio
14.7:1
District
Littleton
High
Littleton High School
2.4 mi away · Grades 9-12
Nearest school -- attendance-zone data not available here
4.0
Local Score (student-teacher ratio only (preliminary -- will incorporate state test-score data once available)) -- not an official state rating
Enrollment
451
Student:teacher ratio
13.3:1
District
Littleton

Walkability

Blended score for Harvard's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).

35
Car-dependent
out of 100
EPA National Walkability Index
7.5 / 20 -- Below average walkable
Google Places amenity density
31 / 100
Restaurants & cafes3
Grocery stores0
Parks11
Schools1
Transit stops1
Pharmacies0

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$220,000 down
$880,000 loan
Principal & interest$5,708
Property tax (est.)$917
Home insurance (est.)$150

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