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Souter moving to Hopkinton
By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009 Share on Facebook
Now that he's retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice David Souter is moving from Weare to Hopkinton.
Souter is leaving his modest colonial-era farmhouse, which has been in his family for generations, and moving into a 3,500-square-foot Cape Cod-style home.
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He purchased his new home last week for $510,000, according to county records, from New England College President Michele Perkins and her husband, James. Built in 1987, the three-bedroom home is on about two acres in the upscale neighborhood called Hopkins Green, according to Avitar's online assessment site.
That's the same Hopkinton neighborhood where Gov. John Lynch used to live before he recently moved to a hilltop mansion in the town. It's also a popular trick-or-treating destination for youngsters in town.
Souter's farmhouse in Weare became part of his mystique after he was nominated to the nation's highest court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. News reports even noted the uncut grass and peeling paint.
When Souter announced his retirement in the spring, his neighbors in Weare said they would welcome him home, but continue to give him the privacy he reportedly relishes.
A history buff and avid reader, Souter made no secret of his preference for his quiet summers in New Hampshire over his time in the nation's capital. He recently joked that he underwent "a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy" at the start of every court term that lasted until summer, "when I sort of cram what I can into the summertime."
One of Souter's Weare neighbors was saddened to learn that his Cilley Hill Road neighbor is moving. Jimmy Gilman, 56, told the Concord Monitor that it's some of the worst news he's heard in a while. "I think the world of the man," he said.
Gilman said Souter told him one reason he decided to move was because the farmhouse wasn't structurally sound enough to hold his thousands of books.
The Concord Monitor also reported that Souter's green Volkswagen Jetta sat in the driveway of his new house Friday. He said he was there to take floor measurements and hadn't yet met the neighbors.
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