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ALL PHOTOS:WILL FULLER, RE/MAX BY THE BAY/DAVID BANKS TEAM
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ou know the cottage we’re talking about. The one you see on a Casco Bay Lines ferry as you head along Diamond Passage to dock at Fort McKinley. That house.
Get some Maine while it lasts. Experience this “island on an island” for $1.2M. B Y COLIN W. SARG EN T
“When David Banks [of RE/MAX By the Bay] told me we were listing 74 Diamond Shore Road, I had the day off,” says associate broker Peter Blake. “But I was so excited I went back in to work. I’ve spent my life going up and down Diamond Passage, seeing this house.” If you think of Great Diamond Island as a luxury liner, the “king of the world” position is right here on Echo Point. “The prow!” Meredith Reed says.
The same lucky family has lived here for fifty-six years. Earle Reed, former owner of Marine East commercial welders in South Portland, bought the property in 1966. His daughters Meredith and Lisa Reed Bowman are the co-sellers. ROOTS IN THE ROCK While the architect is unknown, the house dates to 1880. “My father worked (Continued on page 87)
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