Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6 8 3 House of the Month Lynn Dubee / Wave Five Photography A Princess Among Queen Annes Little wonder The Elizabeth McDonald Cottage, 1882, charms the West End. By Colin W. Sargent W hen the Home & Garden net- work (HGTV) did a low pass in the West End for a feature called “Dream Drives,” The Elizabeth McDonald Cottage, 1882, on 171 Vaughan Street was one of three dwellings chosen to represent the most beautiful homes on one of the most beautiful avenues in the United States. At the time (2002), the McDonald Cottage was list- ed for sale for $525,000 by the Very Rever- end Stephen Foote, Dean of nearby St. Luke’s Cathedral and past president of the board of Greater Portland Landmarks. Since acquir- ing it in 1986, Dean Foote had restored this former coachman’s cottage, nicknamed it “The Deanery,” and updated it with bril- liant restraint. City of Portland assessor data indi- cates the house sold on January 1, 2003, for $460,000. Fast-forward to the fall of 2016. The cot- tage is for sale again, listed for $679,000 by John Hatcher of The Hatcher Group. Con- sidering current demand for all things ‘tiny and adorable’ on the West End, it’s an even more rare find today. When we enter for a tour, the seller, Margaret Lyons-Zelterman, greets us at the front door with her King Charles spaniel. “When you have all the money in the world, as Elizabeth McDonald did, and you want a little cottage [immediately beside your pharaonic mansion on the corner of Vaughan and Carroll streets], and you have the young John Calvin Stevens as your ar- chitect, you’re in a position to say, ‘Do it.’” At the time, Stevens, just 27, was in the employ of Francis Fassett. The jewel box Stevens added to the West End takes beauty to a diminutive extreme. The cottage’s dimensions are so ‘toy’ I’ve heard it called Portland’s ‘Triannon,’ after Marie Antoinette’s tiny farmhouse retreat near Paris. Though diminutive homes are getting a