c.1902 Strathglass Park Home For Sale in Rumford, ME $39K – Off Market

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Here is a chance to own a home in historic Strathglass Park in Maine, one of the state’s first planned communities.

Per The Strathglass Park Preservation Society:

It was built by the entrepreneur Hugh J. Chisholm as laid out in his 1891 “Plan for Rumford Falls.” Around the turn of the 19th century hundreds of immigrants were streaming into Rumford to work in the paper mills. Chisholm established the Rumford Real Estate Company in 1901 in order to build housing for many of the employees. In 1902 construction of Strathglass Park began. The park was named after Chisholm’s country estate in upstate New York, and designed by New York City architect Cass Gilbert. Gilbert and Chisholm traveled to Scotland together, and following their visit Gilbert designed fifty-one duplex houses, four single-family dwellings, and nine apartment houses, all constructed of brick.

For many years Strathglass Park was home to mill employees, many of whom were managers. However, following World War II, Strathglass Park began to fall into decline. Several factors can be attributed to this deterioration, including the sale of the Oxford Paper Mill in 1967 to the Ethyl Corporation. Prior to the sale, the Oxford Paper Mill paid for the Strathglass Park maintenance program. Today, with that subsidy long gone, the ornate brick facades and slate tiled roofs are in disrepair, and many original architectural features are missing.

Seller prefers to package home with two other properties, but you can always ask the realtor male an offer on only this one.

• 3bed
• 1bath
• 1,440sqft
• 3,485sqft lot
• Year Built 1902
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• Contact Realtor: Sally Arsenault with Riverside Realty

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