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1790 Colonial
West Baldwin, Maine 04091
Burnell Tavern

A view of the Tavern from Pequawket Trail.
Professionally restored to reflect original character while adding modern conveniences. Intact livery and livestock barns in excellent condition. Outbuilding for shop, studio or office.
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Complete with working fireplace - this room is a lovely gathering place

Once a General Store in Baldwin, this building has original plaster walls and its own woodstove/chimney.

Pretty view from the sitting area in the gathering room - adjacent to the keeping room.

Custom cabinetry in the conveniently designed keeping room.

If you look closely you can see the pretty back porch and catch a glimpse of the cattle barn.
Full Baths | 2 |
Heated Sq. Ft. | 3,300 |
Stories | 2 |
Acres | 6.0 |
Lot Size |
Features.
- 1st Floor Bath
- 1st Floor Bedroom
- Attic
- Breakfast Room
- Den
- Dining room
- Entry Hall
- Foyer
- Kitchen
- Laundry Room
- Living room
- Music Room
- Reader's Loft
- Unfinished Basement
- Utility Room
- 2 Car Garage
- Fresh paint
- Garden
- Porch
- Rear Deck
- Restored exterior
- Storage Building
- Storm Windows
- Workshop
- Built-in Bookcases
- Built-in Cabinets
- Fireplaces
- Grand staircase
- Original wood windows
- Walk-In Closet(s)
- Wood floors
- Tin Roof
- Dishwasher
- Oil Heating
- Range
- Refrigerator
- Septic Tank
- Water Heater - Gas
- Sleeping Porch
- 10 acres of timber
- antique wood cookstove
- cutting gardens
- Livery barn
- Livestock barn
- River access
- rolling fields
- two add'l outbuildings
- two working fireplaces
- vegetable gardens
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The Burnell Tavern - A Brief History
This home was built as a family home by Cyress Burnell in the late 1700s. He raised his family here, and over the years, Cyress and his progeny served the public in various ways.The Burnell Tavern served as a stagecoach stop - the original barn with intact horse and oxen stalls is part of this property.
One of Cyress' sons served as the station master when the railway came through, and the stagecoach and railway met at this juncture. The abandoned railroad tracks mark the area where the rolling pastures of the current acreage meet the timber acres through which runs a dirt roadway leading to the Saco River.
In one of the front parlors are the cabinets that remain from the days when this property served as the town Post Office.
In the mid 1800's the town General Store was moved to the property - on the right side of the main driveway. In this building remain the original plaster walls and a wood stove, creating a cozy retreat for an office, studio or it's most recent use, a small antique shop.
The property has been professionally restored by experienced artists/craftspersons, Paul and Sharon Thomas. In the lovely front hall is a mural which depicts the tavern and its surroundings as well as introducing the history of other local homes Paul and Sharon have restored.
This home has not been RENOVATED; it's been brought back...truly RESTORED. It "feels" like a product of it's time with the new cabinetry made to match the old, vintage doors with antique thumb latches, period paint treatments and stenciling, restored fireplaces - even a rehabilitated wood cook stove in the kitchen.
Archived in May, 2008
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