Category: Architectural

A stately home in Thomaston, Maine was the subject for this real estate assignment for Meriwether Gill at Better Homes and Garden Real Estate – The Masiello Group. Beautifully renovated while keeping original details intact, it seems a natural for the latest Tilbury House Publishers book project I am photographing for – a how-to book by Scott T. Hanson on rehabilitating historic homes to function in the 21st century while retaining their historic character. Stay tuned!

It was great to get back to Vinalhaven for this real estate shoot. Contact Davidson Realty on Vinalhaven for details on the listing.

I have started photographing for my next Tilbury House Publishers book – a how-to book by Scott T. Hanson on rehabilitating historic homes to function in the 21st century while retaining their historic character. The project will send me around Maine and across the country as well. First up is a lovely project in Portland, Maine which repurposes a historic waterfront home for the short term rental market. Check out the custom turnbuckles!

Stay tuned for more information on the book due out in 2017.

On assignment at The Stone House for Maine Preservation in Freeport, Maine. Designed from 1917-1923 by John Calvin Stevens for entrepreneur Stanley Wood. Wood reportedly chose this site after touring coastal properties from the Hudson River to Camden, Maine. Following the 1929 stock market crash, Wood lost nearly everything but continued to live for some time in a few rooms of his beloved home. In 1946, Philadelphia natives Lawrence M.C. and Eleanor Houston Smith purchased the house and farm and the Smiths were able to continue their work as pioneers in conservation, historic preservation and organic farming. In 1984 Eleanor Houston Smith and her children donated Wolf’s Neck Farm and the Stone House to the University of Southern Maine. The farm was transferred in 1997 by the University to Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation (WNFF), which continues to operate the farm as a center for the development of local food and sustainable agriculture in keeping with the Smiths’ wishes. 

Here’s a great renovation project…The Hathorn Block in Richmond, Maine was vacant and deteriorating to the point the historic landmark was close to being demolished. Fossel Preservation Partners stepped in and purchased the building from the town with plans to create both retail and residential space. I caught up with the project mid-renovation with the space gutted and ready to be put back together. Lots of history here – check out the scorched timbers in the attic, and stay tuned for future updates!

I had the pleasure of photographing a wonderful North Haven, Maine property for Landvest earlier in August…and a historical property at that.

Designed by the architectural firm of Delano & Aldrich, this cottage farmhouse was built in the 1920s for US Ambassador Dwight Morrow, father-in-law of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Inside and out, this house is exquisitely captivating. The expansive grounds (15+ acres) boasts private beaches, an on-the-shore swimming pool, and well-tended perennial and vegetable gardens. Expansive inside as well with thirteen bedrooms, the property has wondrous views of the Camden Hills and Penobscot Bay up to Blue Hill. For more details visit the Landvest site here.

And yes, Mr. Lindbergh did use the field as a runway.

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I was delighted when Nancy Marshall, the PR Maven® and founder of Nancy Marshall Communications, contacted me to photograph her home in Carrabassett Valley, Maine.The Marshalls have two sons who attended Carrabassett Valley Academy as alpine ski racers, and they wanted to live close to the campus so the boys could get back and forth to school and the slopes easily.

The property is located high on West Mountain just above the championship Sugarloaf Golf Course. With views of Bigelow Mountain and a chairlift running to the side of the yard, this was a property that inspired dreams of mountainside living. Complete with an oversize Jacuzzi, and a ready-to-go ski tuning shop in the basement, this five bedroom home can handle a crowd of skiers… or golfers any time of the year.

A lovely home with expansive views, a front door to the Sugarloaf slopes, and a Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed golf course in the neighborhood…contact Mountainside Realty for more information.

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The Small Point Club in Phippsburg, Maine opened its doors in 1897 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Traditional shingle style with a wraparound piazza,  it was designed by Maine native and Pittsburg-based architect, Joseph Ladd Neal (who had recently designed the Lithgow Library in Augusta, Maine). With its high-on-a-bluff placement, the wondrous views of the expansive beach down to Popham Beach are impressive in any season. The Club features several rooms for guests of its members, a spacious and welcoming parlor, and a cottage-elegant dining room. A true delight to photograph inside and out, and an honor to have been commissioned by the Small Point Club Preservation Fund to help preserve the exterior of this Club’s historic building.

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