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Chimney Farm

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NobleboroME ChimneyFarm
NobleboroME ChimneyFarm

Chimney Farm is a historic farm property at 617 East Neck Road in Nobleboro, Maine. The heart of the farm is an early 19th-century farmhouse, which was from 1931 to their respective deaths home to the writers Henry Beston (1888–1968) and Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893–1986). Both were prominent regional award-winning writers, and the farm property played a prominent role on some of their writings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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Chimney Farm
East Neck Road,

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East Neck Road 617
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Maine, United States
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