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“Everyone simply referred to my sister, brother, myself, and our cousins as ‘Doc Matthews’s kids,’” Stephen recalled, “and we truly led a charmed life every summer.” Even after his father passed away, Stephen’s grandmother and then his mother (now, sadly, confined to an Alzheimer’s unit in Augusta) were very much a part of the summercolony life here year after year.

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Stephen, a landscape architect by profession, is still emotionally attached to the place, but nowadays he and his wife, Tanya, live year-round on Peaks Island in Portland Harbor. (We intend to mosey out there soon and see what’s available.) His brother now lives in Montana, while his sister is in Pennsylvania. So, yes, all in all it seems time to part with their beloved family gathering place. Also, the proceeds from the sale would help provide for their mother’s necessary, and expensive, care.

Now for a few specifics: The asking price is $375,000, which includes the house and 0.32-acre lot; a small but very nice barn behind the house, built recently to serve as a storage and guest facility; a propane-fueled furnace installed two years ago; a dug well and private septic system, along with a propane-powered generator; and, very importantly, part ownership of the waterfront property in front of the house, which therefore provides legal access down to the water as well as rights to install an outhaul. It also allows for the occasional cutting of the brush that sometimes creeps up in front of the view.

As for the house itself, it was expanded about a hundred years ago to now include four bedrooms (the kids love the loft bedroom), two bathrooms (one with a stacked Frigidaire washer and dryer), living room, dining area, entrance area, various closets, and so forth. Historic features include a period Rumford fireplace (with oven), exposed beams, and antique wooden floors. There’s a lovely 15-by16-foot deck out front, too. In sum, we loved the place.

Later that afternoon it was time for us to hit the road again and head home. As the Yankee Moseyer, we always seem to be on the move. But, oh, how we’d love to have settled for a while into one of those comfy chairs next to the windows overlooking Christmas Cove.

For details, contact Joseph Sortwell, LandVest, 23 Main St., Camden, ME 04843. 207-236-3543; jsortwell @landvest.com. Read classic HFS stories from our archives at: YankeeMagazine .com/house-for-sale. For more on the peninsulas of Midcoast Maine, see “A World of Their Own,” p. 82 in this issue.