Affordable Machias Bay Living
$179,900 (reduced price)

Newly Renovated Historic Longfellow Homestead. This in-town-Cape home affords ideal flexible, open-floor plan for single or extended family. Good location for B&B in this coastal Maine shire town.

This architecturally significant home sits on a half-acre corner property. The ell, attached shed and small barn were added in the early 1830s by Amos Boynton Longfellow.

• Surrounded on three sides with fire thorn and cedar trees.
• Well-established perennial plantings.

Family-Friendly Floor Plan

Two large side-by-side living rooms, two small sitting rooms, a dining room with built-in country china cupboard. Five bedrooms, two full baths. Large country kitchen and pantry with auxiliary free-flow wood-burning stove. Five original unused mantled fireplaces. Some original wood floors & moldings. Much original hardware and door latches remain. New refrigerator & stove. Public utilities.
All new roof and new chimney '07.
Recently scraped, primed and painted.
Front porch, barn door and bulkhead doors fully restored.
Partial basement has new oil/hot-water furnace for baseboard-and-radiator heating with connections for five zones. Many original windowpanes/storm windows.
Ideal for creating a small, first-floor separate apartment with bedroom, sitting room, one of the living rooms and private access to a full bath.

Educational Opportunities in Machias, a University Town

Elementary schools, Rose Gafney, Elm Street, and nearby Machiasport Fort OBrien Elementary, site of the first Revolutionary War naval battle. High school students attend the Machias High School or the private Washington Academy in nearby East Machias.

This Court Street residence is centrally located:

• two blocks from Porter Memorial Library and US post office;
• one mile from Downeast Community Hospital and Marshall Care for eldercare;
• four blocks from University of Maine, Machias, just across Bad Little Falls;
• three blocks to national register landmark Burnham Tavern museum.

One block to historic Centre Street Congregational Church hub for community activities including:

• Bay Chamber Summer Concert Series;
• Washington County Childrens Chorus; and
• the annual August, internationally attended, Machias Blueberry Festival complete with original home-grown musical.


The town of Machias, population 2,800, sits on the banks of Machias Bay, fed by a tidal river and minutes from the ocean. A shire town with a small local airport, Machias is the county seat of Washington County.