Village, Wiscasset, ME, 04578

Property Details: • Type: Single Family Residence • Bedrooms: 4 • Bathrooms: 2 • Square Footage: 2,800 sq ft

Description: Located in the National Register of Historic Places village of Wiscasset perched on a hill with views of the Sheepscot River is this architectural gem built circa 1800. Fronting Main Street next to the library and town common, this home boasts unique details such as bay windows, corbels, granite steps, carved trim, three porches, and lovely landscaped grounds with rock walls and brick walkways. Having an attached one car finished garage in the village is a huge bonus! Formerly an Antique Shop, this property could be used as a single family, AirBNB, shop or combination. Wiscasset is a favored tourist/antiquing stop on route one.

The inside is amazing featuring a new kitchen, baths and fresh historic paint palette. The amount of architectural trim is truly astounding with bulls eyes, fluted pilasters, paneling, crown molding, etc. Wiring and plumbing are updated along with a new hybrid heat pump water heater and hybrid high efficiency furnace. Some windows retain the old wavy glass from Germany.

Through the driveway side mud room is the newly renovated kitchen with SS GE Profile appliances, pumpkin pine flooring, recessed lighting, walnut & soapstone countertops, custom cabinets, propane VT Castings heating stove fronting a brick hearth, and eat in kitchen area. The basement is accessed from the eat in kitchen side as well as a bonus room over the kitchen, currently used for extra storage.

In another direction, the kitchen leads to the ell where you will find a workshop followed by a bonus room, currently used as a Pub, with a working brick fireplace. Through the Pub you can access the finished one car garage with ample storage above or the Pub front porch. Also, from the kitchen there is access to an east facing screened porch that overlooks the gardens with access to the yard. This large ell space is not included in the square footage, nor are the outdoor porch rooms.

From the kitchen you enter the gracious dining room with inlaid hardwood flooring, a fireplace with hand craved paneling and built-ins. There is a back staircase to the left. Through the hallway you access the new full bath with custom glassed in shower, granite countertop, under mount sink, linen closet, & laundry area. The Parlor is next with its gorgeous tin ceiling, inlaid hardwood flooring and bay window. From the opposite dining room hallway there is access to the expansive covered side porch.

From the parlor you cross the main hallway to the family room with its bay window, inlaid hardwood floor, fireplace, propane heating stove, and wood beam ceilings. This could be a first floor bedroom with a closet.

Up the stairs you will find a renovated full bath with granite counter, under mount sink, original claw foot tub and three bedrooms, two with fireplaces. There is pumpkin pine flooring throughout the second floor. There are stairs to the attic in the hallway.

The basement is full with a poured concrete floor with perimeter French drain. It has a walkout bulkhead and plenty of storage space.

Many exterior improvements have been made including sill replacement, foundation replacement, wood rot repair, historic Essex Green accent painting, new custom cedar storm windows, antique shutters added to the screened porch, additional insulation, ell roofing, hardscape including a sidewalk border wall, gutters, rain barrel, and landscape.

The extensive bee saving pollinator gardens include peonies, lilacs, bee balm, variety of lilies, black adder, variety of hydrangeas, drift roses, salvia, Japanese holly, holly, alliums, pachysandra, arborvitae, dwarf Japanese red maple, carpet juniper, ornamental tall grass, dianthus, spirea, astible, variety of hosta, red twig dogwood, flowering dogwood, knock out roses, ivy, weeping cherry tree, bowling ball juniper, blue juniper, rhododendron, azaleas, miniature rhododendron, phlox, forsythia, etc! The lawn area is expansive with plenty of room for a patio, pool, deck, gazebo, etc.

Wiscasset and the mid-coast Maine region, with Boothbay Harbor within 15 minutes, are very popular tourist destinations and AirB&Bs do very well here. This property can be conveyed turnkey furnished...

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