Historic Real Estate For Sale in Maine

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Head Tide is a unique setting combining the natural beauty of the Sheepscot River and the architectural grace of eighteenth century New England. The National Register agrees and the Head Tide District is on their list of Historic Places. The property offered is the focal point of this remarkable area. It is a complex of a 1794 residence and former parsonage, carriage house, garage, The Old Head Tide store and its companion warehouse/ barn. The house overlooks the
Sheepscot River – home to striped bass, alewives, Atlantic salmon, ospreys, and eagles. Thoroughly updated with a recently remodeled kitchen, this house will enchant anyone with a love of period homes. The house and outbuildings have served as the subject for many periodical
covers, most notably Down East magazine and The Christian Science Monitor Weekly Magazine. They have been the motif for legions of artists and are a requisite inclusion in any comprehensive
compendium of New England travel. Inside are no less than seven fireplaces, four bedrooms including a master bed/bath suite, formal dining room, front parlor, huge kitchen with seating and dining areas, a first floor laundry room, a family room, private office, and a third floor guest bed/bath/studio suite. The Old Head Tide Store and its neighboring barn have been carefully maintained. In the store, in addition to the earlier retail area which now houses the owners’ library and a social club, there are two heated offices and the 40’x 40’ heated former town dance hall (now a yoga studio) on the second floor. The large timber-framed barn provides an immense
amount of storage area. A separate smaller barn has room for two vehicles and overhead storage.

Alna is a lovely rural community of about 700 residents and three villages; Head Tide, Puddle Dock and Sheepscot. The river is the town’s artery providing scenic and recreational opportunities throughout its 58 mile length. It is widely known as a destination for canoeists and kayakers,
swimmers (at Head Tide dam’s incomparable swimming hole), fiddleheaders, fishing enthusiasts and naturalists. The exceptional ,qualities of this valley have been protected under the watchful eye of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association for 40 years. As any resident will tell you, calling Alna home is something special.

The Captain Jeremiah Baker Mansion, Yarmouth Harbor - $575,000

This Greek Revival home sits proudly and high above the Royal River where it opens to the Yarmouth Harbor. A full four stories tall, with el and chimneys, open terrace. It was built by a militia captain in the late 1840s. The tracing of the deed was fun because the baronial owner appears to have owned dozens and dozens of properties at the same time. Some say as upwards of 70 properties bore his name! But this manor was his home and perhaps office as well. It is one of the most scenic and visible homes in historic Yarmouth as it was constantly a backdrop for the sailing vessels being built just below it in the harbor below the first set of falls on the Royal River.

The interior features tall molding all the way to the baseboards in the double parlors and the elegant hall. The central hall has a lovely original staircase that swoops and swirls its way from the second floor to the fourth. 144 balustrades. Double parlors, library, dining room, grand remolded kitchen (granite counters, multiple pantries), big family room with secret room attached to it. With so much space available (nearly 5,000 sq ft), the bedrooms are presently treated like suites in the main house and if you are having company, they can have the Captains office suite as their whole guest apartment. That ground floor apartment, steps from parking has a bedroom, kitchen, living room, full bath with washer/dryer and it has multiple closets and a pantry and a fireplace and a set kettle and a shady brick terrazza. And water view!

But there are water views from every floor. Plus you can walk to coffee, church, school, town hall, library, Historical Society, The Clam Festival!

Four bedrooms, three full baths, two half baths. Large home with full apt. in good, well maintained condition, including new roof, five zone heating system and manicured grounds.

All the work is nicely done and many of Maine's best craftsmen have worked there including Robin Neely with fabulous Victorian stenciled glass in the library, woodwork details and renovation of totally original, never been painted parlor windows by Craftsman of the Year, Marc Bagala, faux panels on the parlor ceilings by Tony Castro ett, ett.

It is an elegant and rare home that happily accommodates family and friends with classic ease.

Call Christie Harriman with Keller Williams Realty 831-1135

In 1760, John Perkins, one of the original settlers of Castine built the first structure where it stands today, on a bluff overlooking the Bagaduce River. In 1783 Thatcher and Hannah Avery acquiured the one room cape and expanded it into what it is today, a four square frame house. The Avery house was witness to many historic events including the revoloutionary war and an execution during the war of 1812. The field next to the Avery house served as the "muster grounds" for troops. During the early 19th century, the house was known as the "Yellow Ball Tavern" and served as a popular stopover for travelers to Ellsworth and points down east. A rider could ride up to the tavern door, order a mug of beer and be on his way without dismounting.

The roof has been raised three times with hand hewn timbers (can be seen in the attic) and still shows the cape's original box cornice, pegged window frames, box window frames and crown molded caps. The front door is probably the original door with extremely rare bullseye glass in the transom. 6 working fireplaces, wide pine floor boards, wainscoating, plaster walls and ceilings throughout. 12 acres of gently sloping fields to 700' of deep water frontage on the Bagaduce River. The Avery family cemetery is on the property where John Perkins buried his 12 year old daughter Lucy in 1782.

This is a "Purists" dream. According to Les Fossel, Maine's leading authority on 18th century architecture, The Avery House is one of the finest examples of that period simply because it hasen't been badley remodeled. So much of it's original features are still in tact.

This property is up for auction on November 15, 2006 at 1pm at 410 Amherst Street, Suite 350, Nashua, New Hampshire. For more information, please visit