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Gathered around the table in the kitchen of their family’s Andover Township home — on a 117-acre property known as Blind Brook Farm — Cece Pattison and her children Kathy and David, as well as Jack via phone, reminisced about some of their fondest memories.
There was the time Cece and her late husband, Bill, brought their first horse to the farm in the 1950s, traveling from New Hampshire with the animal loaded on the back of a pickup truck. Or when Kathy would ride her childhood pony, Gingersnap — who loved to swim — bareback into the farm’s pond on a summer day. Or the years they raised sheep alongside the neighborhood kids as part of the Sussex Shepherds 4-H Club, which Cece led for more than two decades.
“I remember when we first moved to the farm, getting up earlier than we even needed to, but we just thought that’s what you did when you lived on a farm,” Jack said. “It was still dark out, and we’d be carrying water buckets to the chickens or whatever it was, well before sunrise. Farming has always just held a special place in my heart.”
All of these memories, and an endless list of others, are ingrained in the story of 70 Goodale Road in Andover Township. The property became part of the Pattison family in 1954 when Bill’s parents, Henry and Mary, purchased it as a weekend retreat. It was then passed on in 1967 to Bill and Cece, whose family has called it home ever since.
“It’s been an incredibly special and experiential thing. It’s even a little hard to describe,” Kathy said. “We actually get very emotional when we think about our family’s connection to this place.”
But the 117 acres of Blind Brook Farm were recently listed for sale, officially marking the end of an era for the Pattison family. Listed for $2.2 million by Marjorie Morville of Coldwell Banker Realty, the property is being sold to help fund Cece’s transition to assisted living.
Kathy and David said their goal is to be able to pay for their mother’s stay at a local assisted living facility in Sussex County to ensure that she remains part of the community she’s spent so much of her life involved in.
“We’ve obviously been anchored here at the farm, but the farm is part of this larger community in Sussex County, and mom is like a mayor,” Kathy said. “Everybody in the county knows her, because she’s just been involved in so many activities and communities that are just intertwined with the farm.”
Cece’s community involvement included being a member of the Andover Township Land Use Board and the Agricultural Committee board, and a more than 40-year member of the board of the Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Association. She also helped open the Newton True Value Hardware store in 1980 alongside her husband, Bill; it operated for nearly 20 years.
What it was like living on the farm
Though New Jersey is known for its rich agriculture and abundance of farmland, it’s not necessarily common for children in the Garden State to grow up on a working farm. Kathy said it’s something that has helped set her and her siblings apart.
“I think it differentiates us. I now live in Boston, and I’ve raised my kids in the city. I work in high-tech startups, and I’m very proud of my farm girl roots,” she said. “You have grit. I can manage animals, and I can get my hands dirty. I owe that to growing up on a farm.”
She said it was always all hands on deck, regardless of how old the kids were. Between stacking hay bales, raising animals and helping build or restore farm structures, she said, the hard work helped shape who they are.
This was echoed by David, who not only grew up on the farm but also moved back after their father died in 2014. He said that for him, one of the best parts has been being able to see the farm in some of the most beautiful instances over the years.
“It’s just the random moments when nature puts it on full display,” he said. “It’s when wild animals come to visit, or when there’s rainbows, sunsets or even huge snowstorms.”
About the property at 70 Goodale Road in Andover Township
This expansive property features the four-bedroom, three-bathroom main farmhouse, complete with original wide pine flooring, a spacious eat-in kitchen with a wood stove, a living room with built-in bookcases and a fireplace, a sunroom, and a basement with a full workshop. There’s also the three-bedroom, two-bathroom guest home, which currently houses a long-term tenant, as well as a lakefront cabin with a private dock on Lake Aeroflex and a 1-acre buildable lot for an additional residential dwelling.
As for the farm, you’ll find two barns with five stalls each, tack rooms, feed rooms, hay lofts and lambing pens. There also are covered utility and equipment garages, a three-car tandem garage, a chicken coop, a pond, a brook and four spacious pastures. Morville, of Coldwell Banker, said all of the farm equipment and shop equipment can be negotiated into the sale as well.
The property is also protected through the New Jersey Farmland Preservation Program, meaning whoever buys it must maintain it as it currently stands. Kathy said this was particularly important to her parents in order to preserve the beauty and serenity of their family farm.
The property is surrounded by state land of Kittatinny Valley State Park. Lake Aeroflex is stocked with landlocked salmon and trout for those looking to fish, and the property has easy access to the Kittatinny park rail-trails for horseback riding.
“This is history, heart and soul. We get very choked up when we think about it not being in our family anymore,” Kathy said. “I think we do have this ideal buyer in mind, which is someone who will love it the same way we did.”
Maddie McGay is the real estate reporter for NorthJersey.com and The Record, covering all things worth celebrating about living in North Jersey. Find her on Instagram @maddiemcgay, on X @maddiemcgayy, and sign up for her North Jersey Living newsletter. Do you have a tip, trend or terrific house she should know about? Email her at [email protected].
