In Falmouth Foreside, sail into your true love.

Story By  Colin W. Sargent

The mansion on Clapboard Island is for sale for $7.5M. Built in 1898 half a mile from the mainland and barely visible through screens of evergreens, this 13-bedroom family retreat received modern updates in 2018–2019. (Vintage gossip: John Cougar Mellencamp had his eye on this oasis in the 1990s.) The enclave includes adjacent Little Clapboard Island, a guesthouse, a boat house, pier, and a children’s playhousethat mimics Russian imperial architecture.

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