Town & Country

 

​​Though its namesake trees are long gone, this $1.995M stunner of a home still stands proudly front and center on Kennebunk’s Main Street.

By Colin W. Sargent

​​Ninety-nine Main Street got its name “Lexington Elms” from a row of wineglass elms planted at even intervals across the front lawn.

Just one house away from the Brick Store Museum complex, this Federal mansion was designed and built in 1799 for merchant Nathaniel Frost by architect Thomas Eaton. According to Kathy Ostrander Roberts, writing for The Kennebunk Village, Eaton was also the talent behind “Wallingford Hall on Route One and the Taylor-Barry House on Summer Street. In Kennebunkport, he is known to have built the Captain Lord Mansion.”

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