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Friday Front Porch Feature: A Sunny, Charming Home in Pittsfield

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Are you looking for a charming home with sun-filled rooms and curb appeal? Then this might be the home for you.

Our Friday Front Porch is a weekly feature spotlighting attractive homes for sale in Berkshire County. This week, we are showcasing 100 Northumberland Road.

This house was built in 1900 and has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. It is 3,008 square feet on 0.44 acres, and is on the market for $549,000.

It sits on a quiet, tree-lined avenue and has plenty of curb appeal with its welcoming front porch. It boasts a grand fireplace in the formal living room, a sunlit dining room, updated bathrooms and a third-floor common space between two of the bedrooms. The house will come with major appliances.

It has a detached two-car garage, a backyard deck, and an in-ground pool with a slide. 

The house is also connected to a beloved Pittsfield mentor who has a popular field named after him.

We spoke to Laura Arseneau from Paula Mclean Realtors Inc., which has the listing. 

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

Arseneau: 100 Northumberland sits on the largest lot on Northumberland. Inground pool, two-car garage and large enough yard for entertaining, gardening or playing yard games. 

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

It was owned by George "Buddy" and Ann Pellerin. Buddy was an instrumental coach in the city of Pittsfield. Clapp Park is also called Buddy Pellerin Field in his honor and memory. Pittsfield is the home of baseball and Buddy Pellerin LOVED baseball with many youth's lives touched by his inspiration and coaching. 

What kind of buyer would this home be ideal for?

Anyone! Need more space for your growing family? Planning on living multi-generation? Need a home office? This home has room inside and out for anyone! 

What do the current owners love most about the home?

It's been in the family for decades and hosts many precious memories.  The family is looking forward to the home's next chapter.

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

It's grand, spacious and hold lots of classic charm. Very New England colonial. Large spacious bedrooms, updated bathrooms.

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

This home has the bones, grit and class, with room for everyone inside and out. Great location — southeast Pittsfield. Berkshire charmer with world class ready for it's next adventure. 

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.

Pittsfield Council Says 'Yes' to Soccer at Crane Park

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
06:35AM / Saturday, June 13, 2026

The pitch will have the logos of the city and the US. and Massachusetts soccer associations. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is gladly accepting a "mini-pitch" from the U.S. Soccer Foundation to bring games back to Crane Park. 

Fueling excitement around the World Cup, U.S. Soccer has been working with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer League to make these facilities available to 20 communities — one of which will be at the park at the intersection of Benedict Road and Springside Avenue. 

The City Council accepted the gift on Tuesday during its regular meeting. 

A mini pitch is a compact, modular field typically used for soccer, and it can also accommodate inline skates. It has a galvanized steel border with built-in goals and a rubber plastic surface that is clicked together; installed on the existing inline hockey court. 

Ward 2 Councilor Cameron Cunningham said he has gone door to door speaking with nearby residents, and they are "really excited" about the upgrade. He also sees it as a great addition. 

"They say that nobody really uses the court a ton now, and they are excited to see kids back on there playing," he said. 

Decades ago, the Crane Park facility was a wading pool. It closed in 1980, and before the turn of the century, it was filled in and marked for hockey. 

Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath explained that the wooden border around the rink is showing its age, has been vandalized and tagged, and the facility is seeing a "real decline" in use. 

"This would seem to be an appropriate spot for us to remove the board system that's in place and install the mini pitch system through this grant," he said.