Property Overview

This serene country location is only four miles from the interstate and five miles to the Maine State Capitol building in Augusta, Maine. The rolling fields and woods provide a bucolic environment for this profitable inn and busy conference and event center. The physical infrastructure has been well maintained, and a significant commitment to sustainability is evident. The owners are offering the property turnkey as they head to retirement after 32 happy years of innkeeping and hosting events.

The 31 acre property contains expansive buildings dating from the original Victorian gambrel farmhouse built in 1906, with numerous additions and many improvements, with the attached commercial kitchen, laundry, and large Gathering Place event facility with soaring ceiling and innovative lighting built in 2003-2004. There is ample paved and lit parking and an area of overflow grassed parking for the largest of events.

There are eight guest rooms in the main building, each with private baths, and some with HUGE double whirlpool tubs, private decks, and fireplaces. A large sauna and outdoor hot tub, along with comfortable outdoor seating in rocking chairs on the front porch, Adirondack chairs and picnic tables under the 120-year-old sugar maple trees in the front yard, or at small tables on the outdoor bricked patio provide ample spaces for the guests to relax. The main building also includes a small Pub, Living Room with fireplace, Dining Room with fireplace, office and lobby area with a dramatic granite front desk counter, and the Gallery featuring works of local artists for sale.

In addition to the Gallery, the Carriage House (connected to the main inn by a porte cochere) and the much larger Gathering Place are venues that host business and social events throughout the year. The Gathering Place can be expanded seasonally with a large tent to accommodate even larger groups. Event spaces include a variety of tables and chairs for different room setups

The 31 acres of land would easily allow for further expansion of lodging or event facilities. The large two-story barn on the property, while currently used to house llamas and chickens (fresh eggs for breakfast!) as well as a workshop area, could be converted into an additional wedding or event venue, or perhaps more lodging. There is also the possibility of leasing a portion of the land for a solar farm that could potentially generate around $40,000 a year in additional income.

{Please note that there is an additional 18 acre abutting parcel with a spacious one-bedroom home, pole barn, and shed available for $299,000.}

About the Owner's Quarters

The second and third floors of the Carriage House, just across the driveway, and connected with a porte cochere to the main inn. (The first floor of the Carriage House is a conference and event space.) Includes a living and dining area with a high cathedral ceiling and many windows, including a large window that used to be part of the Maine State Capitol building, three bedrooms (one is the master bedroom "sleeping loft" on the third floor) and two full bathrooms. The third floor includes a private deck with the Innkeepers' own outdoor hot tub.