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Farm and barn that inspired ‘Charlotte's Web' up for sale

Home dates back to 1700s; owners ready to sell after 3 decades

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BROOKLIN, Maine – The saltwater farm in Maine where E.B. White wrote and was the inspiration for the famed children's book "Charlotte's Web" is now up for sale for $3.7 million.

The 44-acre farm located in Brooklin was the home for the author until he died back in 1985. 

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The farm includes the barn that was the setting for the children's book, which was about a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

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The current owners,  Robert and Mary Gallant, of Anderson, South Carolina, are ready to sell after more than three decades of ownership.

The farm still has the gardens tended to by White's wife Katharine before her death. E.B. White also went on to write “Stuart Little,” another children’s book.

The home dates back to the late 1700s.

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