This handsome, circa 1830 Federal red brick house has a distinctive five-window facade facing the town's quintessential Main Street. It is next door to a spacious park complete w/ towering shade trees & a bandstand. The house features tin ceilings, hardwood floors throughout, & four fireplaces (dining & living rooms & two bedrooms). The house has two full baths & two laundry facilities, one on each floor. The sunroom, w/ its separate entrance, may be used as a reading room, office, or suite for an office, or in-law first floor living quarters w/ its walk-in shower & closet. Known as the Elias Barbour House, it was built for Mr. Barbour, the first lighthouse keeper on St. Croix Island, one of the earliest European settlements in North America. The house is only a few blocks from downtown w/ restaurants, a bakery, & a new spa. Calais is the first and only municipal broadband utility in the state of Maine, Downeast Broadband, w/ the highest speed internet found in New England. Calais is the gateway to the Maritimes, Canada & the northeastern starting point of Maine's Bold Coast. The 1-mile waterfront walkway is a block to the east along the tidal St. Croix River overlooking Canada.
