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Our Rutland, MA real estate website provides a wealth of information for home buyers and home sellers. Below, you will find information on the history and culture of Rutland as well as links to more detailed information such as demographics and schools. You may view a virtual tour, search homes for sale, and access information on different types of properties such as condos, farms, foreclosures, and vacation homes. This website will give you everything you need to buy or sell a home in Rutland, MA.
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Rutland MA Community Profile & History
Rutland, Massachusetts is a residential hill town, the geographic center of the Commonwealth as well as the highest town between the Berkshires and the Atlantic. The town common sits 1,200 feet above sea level. Rutland's original lands, about 12 square miles in area, were purchased from natives in Natick's Indian Praying Town in 1686.
Frontier hostilities delayed settlement and the land wasn't divided for settlement until 1714, when 62 lots of 30 acres each were finally distributed. Settlers in Rutland came from older eastern towns, like Boston, Lexington, Concord and Sudbury. First settled in 1719, the town suffered repeated Indian attacks, with the last death from Indian warfare recorded in 1724. There were about 1,000 people in Rutland in 1765 when a disastrous epidemic of dysentery killed 60 children of the town.
The first grist mill was built on Mill Brook in 1719, and the town was the one of the earliest in the county to establish a subscription library before 1796. Three small villages grew up around the water-powered mills of Rutland by 1830 and there was small-scale production of chairs, carriages, and woodenware. A tannery was opened in the 1840's to supply local boot and shoe makers and palm leaf hats were produced in quantity.
The town's fresh air and still rural environment drew increasing numbers of visitors, and Rutland became a minor recreational and health resort in the 1880's. In 1883 Muschapogue House hotel was built. This development was followed by the 1898 construction of the Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptive and Tubercular Patients, a state prison camp and hospital as well as the opening of a handful of small private TB sanitoria.
Rutland began catering to summer visitors with market garden produce and Finnish immigrants came to town from Worcester to farm. The state medical facilities and seasonal visitors provided a ready market for town produce. In 1923 a veterans' hospital was erected Rutland. When the Quabbin Reservoir was created, many of Rutland's industrial buildings were razed, but the jobs created by state facilities took up much of the loss. A three-mile long tunnel underneath Rutland was dug to carry water from Colbrook Springs in Oakham to West Boylston and Wachusetts Reservoir.
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Rutland, MA Real Estate Market Statistics
The following information was extracted from the state-wide MLS system and its accuracy is not guranteed.
Rutland Single Family Home Sales Trends:
| Year Days on Market #Sold Average Price Lowest Price Median Price Highest Price |
2006 139 87 $309640 $29500 $319900 $530000 |
2007 139 87 $309640 $29500 $319900 $530000 |
2008 184 66 $285464 $14900 $297000 $522500 |
2009 207 73 $276942 $32000 $290000 $494000 |
2010 160 65 $272468 $53000 $271950 $439185 |
Average Selling Price of Single Family Homes in Rutland
| 2006 |  $309640 | |
| 2007 | $309640 | |
| 2008 | $285464 | |
| 2009 | $276942 | |
| 2010 | $272468 |
Rutland Condominum Sales Trends:
| Year Days on Market #Sold Average Price Lowest Price Median Price Highest Price |
2006 78 23 $98011 $55000 $96000 $240000 |
2007 110 16 $135663 $66000 $103000 $240000 |
2008 166 9 $115339 $59800 $87500 $200000 |
2009 278 5 $88800 $36950 $65500 $210550 |
2010 235 11 $102473 $20000 $71000 $200000 |
Average Selling Price of Condominiums in Rutland
| 2006 | $98011 | |
| 2007 | $135663 | |
| 2008 | $115339 | |
| 2009 | $88800 | |
| 2010 | $102473 |