A Trump administration cabinet member will be spending some time in the Berkshires.
The Berkshire Eagle reports Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. has purchased a Revolutionary War-era home on 18 acres in Great Barrington.
The property on Seekonk Cross Road was sold for $3.2 million, according to deed records. Built in 1780, the two-story single-family home has five bedrooms, a greenhouse and a pool.
Ross bought the house from Bobby Houston, an Academy Award-winning film director who has lived in the home since the mid-2000s.
Prior to becoming commerce chief, Ross was known as the “King of Bankruptcy” for buying bankrupt companies.
Ross has other Massachusetts connections; he received his MBA from Harvard University.