How the sale of a renovated CT historic home proved doubters wrong. And $300K over the list price.

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How the sale of a renovated CT historic home proved doubters wrong. And $300K over the list price.

There were plenty of doubters. The stretch of Hartford’s Asylum Hill just beyond downtown is known for its insurance companies, churches and the historic Mark Twain House. But the neighborhood now has a new distinction: one of the priciest residential sales in the last decade in the city. The historic Plimpton House on Asylum Avenue sold two weeks ago for $1.1 million, after a heated bidding war of 11 offers over two weeks in December that pushe…