Existing Conditions

The Round Top property consists of approximately 25 acres of sloping hillside between Business Route 1 (Main Street) and the Damariscotta River. Buildings and parking areas are concentrated in a central core area just off the road, which is surrounded on the other three sides by open hayfields. CRCT has full ownership of the property, most of which is covered by a conservation easement and is open for public recreation. Approximately 1 acre in the southwestern portion of the site is leased to a third party for a ground-mounted solar array.

Damariscotta River

C

D

Hayfields

B A

Main Street

A B

An accessible gravel trail links the site to the historic shell middens site to the north. The fields around the main core are cut for hay by a local farmer, and CRCT maintains some mowed paths to provide access to the waterfront.

D

The waterfront offers picnic tables and pleasant river views. The solar array is laid out in 8 rows tucked behind a ridge in back of the barn, giving it a very low profile from most of Round Top Farm.

F

A

Main Street is a busy commercial zone. The site entrance sports a large sign and a late-1700s-era cemetery. An open lawn area is adjacent to the entrance. Usually it is vacant, but Friday mornings during the summer it hosts a very popular farmers' market.

E

The newly renovated farmhouse contains CRCT’s offices and a flexible classroom/ gallery space.

G

B

E

C

D

C

B

D

A

Main Street

The first visible building is the original ice cream stand (now vacant). The oak tree visible in the center is in poor condition.

F

The Darrows Barn is to the west. CRCT rents out the barn for private events. The lower portion of the barn is used as a distribution hub for a local food bank.

G

Local grade school students and YMCA volunteers maintain a garden area near the gravel trailhead. The local Rotary Club chapter has recently installed two native shrub beds nearby.

The lower flatter portion of the area between the house and barn is used as an extension of the Darrows Barn event space. Picnickers enjoy the old orchard above. Not for construction. Part of a student project and not based on a legal survey.