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      • Described, indeed, as a ship by Kipling, Naulakha continues to ‘sail’ across a Dummerston, Vermont hillside and command spectacular easterly views over a sloping meadow to the Connecticut River valley and the mountains of New Hampshire.”
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  2. Stay at Naulakha, the house where Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, and portions of Just So Stories. Only 10 minutes from Brattleboro, Vermont, this historic house was built to resemble a ship and sleeps up to 8 guests.

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  3. Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, is a historic Shingle Style house on Kipling Road in Dummerston, Vermont, a few miles outside Brattleboro. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 for its association with the author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who had it built in 1893 and made it his home until 1896.

  4. Nov 8, 2013 · Built in the Shingle Style, Naulakha was designed by Kipling to resemble a ship, with the author’s study in the prow. It was here that Kipling wrote Captains Courageous, The Jungle Books, and A Day’s Work and began Kim and the Just So Stories.

  5. May 2, 2019 · That’s why caretakers of Rudyard Kipling’s former Vermont home — named Naulakha, after a Hindi word meaning “a jewel beyond price” — have opened the late Victorian writer’s private hideaway to people of all ages, so they can enjoy a rare look inside.

  6. Described, indeed, as a ship by Kipling, Naulakha continues to "sail" across a Dummerston, Vermont hillside and command spectacular easterly views over a sloping meadow to the Connecticut River valley and the mountains of New Hampshire, including Mount Monadnock.

  7. Naulakha’s ship-like efficiency and the purpose of its layout — to provide privacy for the working author — are immediately apparent. Kipling oriented the drive so that visitors arrive at a porte cochere on the viewless western length of the house, which has few windows.

  8. Mar 29, 2021 · Naulakha means “great jewel” in Hindi and it was aptly named by Kipling as it was the only house he ever built. Kipling designed the house to look like a boat. It is long and skinny, 90 feet by 22 feet to be exact.