Chimney Farm, farm in Nobleboro, Maine
Chimney Farm is a historic farm with a main house built in the early 1800s, located in Nobleboro, Maine, on about 20 acres of land on a peninsula called East Neck. The property includes a large wooden house in Queen Anne style with elaborate carved details, a barn, a small writing cabin, and a family cemetery.
The farm was established in the early 1800s and gained its distinctive Queen Anne-style main house with elaborate wooden details. In 1931, writers Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth purchased the property and made it their home, where they remained and worked until their deaths.
The farm was home to two notable writers, Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth, who lived and worked here. Both authors moved to the property in 1931 and drew inspiration from the natural surroundings and quiet landscape for their literary works.
The farm is located south of the Village Store on Center Street in Nobleboro and is easy to find; visitors can walk through the fields and enjoy views of Damariscotta Lake. The property offers paths to explore the grounds and see the historic buildings up close.
Elizabeth Coatsworth won the Newbery Medal in 1931, one of the highest awards for children's literature, the same year the couple purchased the farm. Henry Beston's famous work The Outermost House was recognized as a National Literary Landmark in 1964, showing the deep influence of his nature observations on American literature.
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