Historic House Listings

Center Chimney Cape, Circa 1790. Waterfront on one acre in Maine. $300,000

November 17, 2020

Love the waterfront and that beehive oven! This antique center chimney cape was built in 1790. It is located on 1.43 acres in Whitefield, Maine. The home is situated on the banks of the Sheepscot River. The home has hardwood floors, exposed beams, built-ins and multiple fireplaces. There are hand-painted murals in the parlor. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and 2,486 square feet. $300,000

Contact Kathleen Shattuck with Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty: 207-215-4161

From the Zillow listing:

 

An antique center chimney Cape, circa 1790, entirely renovated in 2020, with 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, two splendid new bathrooms and 171′ of private shore frontage on the Sheepscot River. A massive brick fireplace in the ”keeping room” with a true beehive oven can be used for a woodburning stove. The adjoining kitchen has beautiful gleaming wood counters and new stainless appliances. The library is a showpiece with its working wood burning fireplace and floor to ceiling bookcases adorned with intricate carvings. The parlor has hand painted murals and a third fireplace which could accommodate a propane stove. There’s an old-fashioned screen porch and a spacious back deck from which you hear the spring time rushing waters of the river. Come to Whitefield with its quiet pace and serene pastoral beauty, a jewel in Midcoast Maine.

 

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