The original Allen Estate was built by Rollin Heber Allen, and his wife Sarah Bartlett Spencer Allen, between 1896-1900. Allen [died 1925] was a real estate financier in Boston, who built  the Arlington Hotel, the Castle Square Theatre and the Empire (now Orpheum) Theatre. Following the stock market crash of the early 20th C., his son Herbert moved to the property, taking his son and daughter Barbara Allen Upton, to farm the Bedford estate. The estate has since been loved by successive generations.

The Allen home, built by the best craftsmen of the day, was the centerpiece of an impressive country holding of 300-acres of forests and pastures, 80.5 acres of which remain with the estate. It is a rare reminder of the manner in which successful American industrialists of the 19th C. lived. The house is a slate mansard-roofed three-story, ten-bedroom building with high ceilings, five lovely porches and verandas, a two-story ell, and a three-story barn said to be the best in New Hampshire, a large ice-house turned vegetable and fruit packaging building, a 4-bay, 2-story carriage house, and a pump house. All buildings date from the turn of the 20th century.  

FOR INFORMATION ON PURCHASING THE REAL ESTATE PLEASE CONTACT SOUCI ROLLINS AND GORDON UPTON, EMAILS Souci@comcast.net  and gordon@rollinsupton.com.