PROPERTY PROFILE Congdon & Coleman Real Estate $2,750,000
Today meets yesterday on Main Street
The front door of the home at 138 Main Street is a perfect allegory for the property as a whole. The simple, hand-hewn six-panel door appears stately and solid from the outside, with its patina-tinged brass knocker and two panes of glass at the top. From the inside, the craftsmanship of the door is evident. Stiff, mortise and tenon construction held in place by wooden pegs provides clues as to the door's age. At one point, a mail slot was cut and added. Then, decades later, expertly patched. The wooden latch that holds the door closed is still there, but it is augmented by a modern keyed deadbolt. A mixture of old and new. The antique and the modern. The sentimental and the practical.