{"id":15771,"date":"2019-02-22T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=15771"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:47:33","slug":"a-savage-crescendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/a-savage-crescendo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Savage Crescendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" data-configid=\"37604829\/68737705\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This 1890 Northeast Harbor cottage stuns with the art of cloak and reveal.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>By Colin W. Sargent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Fermata.jpg\" alt=\"FM19-HIGH_Fermata\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Fermata.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Fermata-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FM19-HIGH_Fermata-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Waves carry music and memory. Harold Randolph was just 29 years old when he commissioned architect Fred Savage to design Northeast Harbor\u2019s \u201cFermata,\u201d which denotes a break in a piece of music. Virtuoso pianist Randolph was a master of such dramatic silences. On December 20, 1902, he swept the audience away at Boston Symphony with his rendition of Tschaikowsky\u2019s <i>Pianoforte Concerto No. 1<\/i>, in B-flat minor. Imagine being there:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cHave you seen his \u2018Fermata\u2019 in Maine?\u201d<\/i> a concertgoer whispers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cI haven\u2019t just seen it,\u201d<\/i> her friend replies behind her fan. <i>\u201cI\u2019ve had the tour.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>CONTEMPLATE, CELEBRATE<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Now you can, too. Fermata is on the market for $4.3M. The mansion is quiet as you approach it from the street. But when visitors enter 65 Harborside Road for a social gathering, the music gathers and booms on the shore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe understated exterior presentation doesn\u2019t \u2018tip the hat\u2019 to what lies beyond the front door,\u201d says local architect Gregory Scott. \u201cThe use of the jerkin-head dormer further diminishes the apparent height and pretense of a large cottage beyond.\u201d It also keeps the house neatly tucked in, safe from the harbor\u2019s high winds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span><span class=\"s1\">alk about prelude to a thrill. \u201cThe strategy of \u2018cover and reveal\u2019 is what we refer to as \u2018compression and expansion.\u2019 It\u2019s an old design technique\u2013the ceiling height expands by either stepping down several risers or raising the ceiling several feet,\u201d Scott says. \u201cFermata does the former very successfully\u2014stepping down into the space\u2026 providing clarity and unobstructed views to the harbor beyond\u201d through windows and vertical echelons of porches: \u201cA perfect and powerful setting for any and all human emotion; from contemplation to celebration and everything in-between.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Two kitchens, seven bedrooms, and seven baths spell luxury. A treetop bald eagles\u2019 nest at window level puts wildlife theater on stage. A soaring granite fireplace enchants, while the salon engages the sea with such immediacy it leaves you breathless. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Fermata is a tour de force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1890 Northeast Harbor cottage stuns with the art of cloak and reveal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[892,232,224],"tags":[316,318,317],"class_list":["post-15771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","category-shelter-design","category-talking-walls","tag-februarymarch-2019","tag-maine-dream-homes","tag-shelter-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18937,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions\/18937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}