ap

Skip to content

For sale: Farm with barn that inspired “Charlotte’s Web”

Author E.B. White and his wife, Katharine, bought it in 1933

PUBLISHED:
Getting your player ready...

BROOKLIN, Maine — A 44-acre saltwater farm in Maine where E.B. White penned “Charlotte’s Web” is up for sale for $3.7 million.

The Brooklin home where White lived until his death in 1985 includes a barn that was the setting for the beloved children’s book featuring a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte.

The home dates to the late 1700s. White and his wife, Katharine, bought it in 1933.

Down East Properties listing agent Martha Dischinger says current owners Robert and Mary Gallant, of Anderson, S.C., are ready to sell after more than three decades of ownership.

She said the property retains many historical touches and the owners maintained the gardens tended by Katharine White before her death.

E.B. White also wrote “Stuart Little,” another children’s book.

— The Associated Press 

RevContent Feed

More in Entertainment