Campanelli Ranch Homes, Framingham, Driving Tour

Campanelli Ranch Houses are one of the stand-out features of Framingham MA where it has been said that the majority of the 7000 something Campanelli Homes were built in the 1950s. In this video we take you on a driving tour in Pinefield, of Framingham, Massacusetts, and show the classic L shaped Campanelli Ranch, the straight model, and an unusual straight model with an inverted V peak over the living room window in a Nobscot neighborhhood by Gregory Road and the Woodfield Playground. We are by Pinewood Drive, Francine Road, and Sloane Drive.

If you know something about the history of the inverted V model, or have any Campi Ranch info to add, please post it below!

The Campanelli Ranch was a one-level home on a poured concrete slab and had never-before-seen modern features such as floors with radiant heating, cabinet style refrigerator and freezer that hung above the kitchen counter, washing machine under the kitchen counter next to the dishwasher, attached garage, and an oil burner heater in the kitchen. The garage was big enough for a car and had enough space next to it so that the owners could close it in and add a family room off the kitchen.

The ones I am familiar with in the Cherryfield Neighborhood of Framingham were on 1/4 acre lots with 3 small bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and a poured concrete back patio that could easily be turned into the foundation for a porch or extra room. The ceiling plaster was hand crafted into the distinctive Campanelli Swirl that made me think of rows of movie theatre seats as I gazed sleepily up at it. Closet doors were a folding accordion plastic like substance. Windows were opened with a hand crank.

Video by Lauren Traub Teton (aka Laurie Traub)
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[wrf1973]

We live in a campanelli slab in framingham, and are just starting to experience some of the plumbing woes, but we love our house and our neighborhood!

[pompom11]

old Burley Fahm in Danvers MA has many streets of Campanelli homes, huge level yards and a great area to raise a family. Now 2nd and 3rd generation families are there, with updated bathrooms and kitchens, and of course new heating systems because the floor radiant heat always finally leaks.

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yes I've seen Levitt town houses that look the same.

[SnowboardSecretsTV]

@Rawmney We don't know your name!!

[Rawmney]

@SnowboardSecretsTV Thanks. I had to go to a map as I'd thought that's where Famous Pizza was but then I was wondering if there was a Saxonville Pizza I was confusing it with. Nobscot Pizza, Center Pizza and Famous were our big three. That's fun that the group home is Donna road. Karen Traub was same year as me at FNH and Lynda same as my brother Steve, I believe.

[SnowboardSecretsTV]

@Rawmney We grew up right around the corner on Donna Road! The gold house representing this group in on Donna.

The video is in Pinefield, near Famous Pizza!

[Rawmney]

Very fun. Thanks for sharing. I didn't recognize the street names. What part of town? I was Ridgefield Dr.

[DanR1245]

Does Framingham have the raised-ranch Campanelli homes, such as the Chatham model?

[digitaltake]

We live in Schaumburg, Illinois and our neighborhood is all Campanelli homes. Our children go to Campanelli Elementary school.