Dark Harbor Village Islesboro

Darling Circa 1895 Home in Quaint Dark Harbor Village. Easy stroll to shops. Handy to private club facilities. An ideal and centrally located and air conditioned home with luxurious room for family and guests and entertaining. Meticulous attention to interior detail and landscaping. Delightful brick patio and covered porch. Six bedrooms, 5.5 baths. New roof and eat-in kitchen, butler's pantry, two fireplaces in living and dining rooms, Detached post and beam playhouse with vaulted great room, custom kitchen, full bath and loft over the two-bay garage and private balcony. One of a kind opportunity. $1,850,000.

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Live on an island unlike any other.

designed in 1903 so that the family of pianist and composer Ethelbert Nevin (1862–1901) could gaze directly on their island duet.

Nevin was a young sensation who died suddenly in Connecticut at 38 a er experiencing numbness in his hands. While he wasn’t quite a Rubenstein or Lang Lang, he did have a postage stamp (see inset) issued with his image in 1940.

His descendent Paul Nevin “is the one selling the two islands,” Cole says,

When the smoke of history clears, it’s apparent that the pianist’s wife, Anne Paul Nevin, was the true head of the Blue Hill Nevins. Every Gibraltar has its rock.

Arcady was a touchstone for Anne a er Ethelbert’s death. She was musical royalty too. As a member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), she was instrumental in promoting legislation that would ensure composers and musicians receive royalties for their works.

If you think you don’t have to know this in order to love these twin islands just o shore, maybe you’re not the island type.

Stories convey. ere’s even a piece of rare music that Ethelbert wrote that seems to channel the pretty pair of islands: In Arcady, op. 16. You’ve seen the islands. Listen to them: watch?v=cUC-UAjMtnk.

Anne, missing him, named the mainland house a er this lively piano suite.

Taxes: $2,635

The Year Of Buying Dangerously

Which is not to say there are scads of islands up for sale this summer. Quite the opposite, says William Milliken of Bold Coast Properties. A er last summer, there were hardly any islands le for sale. “It was a season like I’d never seen before. Usually I sell one island every other year or every few years. Last year I sold an unprecedented four: Mink Island, Duck Ledges Island, Fort Island, and Hall Island. I was getting thousands of inquiries from people all over the country looking for privacy in Maine.”

WAIT, WHAT?

Duck Ledges Island in Addison, one of Milliken’s recent sales, has gotten a lot of notice. New owner Charlotte Gale says, “I signed paperwork with e New York Times saying I wouldn’t do another story until they’ve come out, shot the island, and published their story in July 2023. However, yes, I did buy it!” What piqued so much interest? According to Insider, “Milliken said he’d consider o ers only from people willing to spend at least one night alone in the small cottage on the island, originally listed for $339,000. His reasoning was that through the test, he’d be able to suss out who could properly care for Duck Ledges, home to a bounty