image description — This home on Bulkley Street dates to the 1830s.

Friday Front Porch Feature: A Charming Home For You and Guests

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
05:14PM / Friday, October 31, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming, single-family farmhouse home in the Village Beautiful? Then this is the house for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 1 Bulkley St.

This 1830, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is 1,779 square feet on 1.40 acres. The asking price is $629,000.

The house comes with kitchen appliances like a built in electric oven, freezer, dishwasher, cooktop, and more. It features wide-plank floors, custom cabinets, a living room fireplace, first-floor bedroom suite and a patio with pergola. There's also a detached two-car garage and a 400-square-foot detached studio apartment just a short walk from the main house perfect for guests or renters.

We spoke to the listers Gintare Everett and Becky Polumbo with Alton and Westall Real Estate Agency LLC.

What do you think makes this property stand out in the current market?

Bulkley Street is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in town.

What was your first impression when you walked into the home?

How charming and clearly loved this home has been.

Do you know any unique stories about the home or its history?

It was one of three parcels purchased by Robert Noble in 1843. All the town's property tax records were destroyed by fire in 1859, making it difficult to determine the date of a house being built on that site in the years previous to the fire.

What kind of buyer do you see this home being perfect for?

The buyer for 1 Bulkley St. will have a taste for charming older homes and the character that they bring.

Are there any unique or custom elements?

The property is bordered by Hemlock Brook, the grounds are beautiful, it is a magical setting.

Are there any recent renovations or standout design features?

There is a studio apartment that has been fully renovated to be utilized however the new owners imagine it. A rental apartment, office, studio, guest space .... endless possibilities.

What would you say to a buyer trying to imagine their life in this space?

Welcoming spaces, a peaceful brook, and a cozy fireplace make this home a place you'll love coming back to every day.

You can find out more about this house on its listing here.

*Front Porch Feature brings you an exclusive to some of the houses listed on our real estate page every week. Here we take a bit of a deeper dive into a certain house for sale and ask questions so you don't have to.

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Discrimination Against Muslim Americans Persists 25 Years After 9/11

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, September 12, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dozens of Muslim Americans were among people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Untold numbers of Muslim Americans have suffered countless acts of discrimination in their aftermath.

"Of course, you'll find several accounts of Muslims from all over the U.S. describing how they went from the unknown kids in the school to being stereotyped or ridiculed for their Muslim names," Sidra Mahmood recalled recently. "However, many Americans forget that the victims of 9/11 were also Muslim Americans.

"I can't forget the time when a classmate broke down in sobs when 9/11 came up in our classroom at the Islamic seminary I went to in Texas, because her father's best friend who was like an uncle to her, died on 9/11."

Today, Mahmood is a chaplain at Williams College. In 2001, she was growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, when terrorists forced two passenger jets into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan and another plane into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. A third plane, which terrorists hoped to crash into a D.C. landmark, was brought down in western Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.

The attacks, which ultimately claimed 2,976 lives, horrified people around the world, including in Mahmood's native land.

"I remember being aghast like anyone who witnessed the fall of the Twin Towers in real time," she said. "However, even as a child, fear gripped me about the possibility of war, especially once we learned that Afghanistan, right adjacent to Pakistan, would be attacked by the U.S. My mother had told me about the 1971 war between India and Pakistan when she remembered hiding in the dark after bomb sirens would go off in Punjab after intentional blackouts.

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