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In 1802, when Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States, Route 1 was a dirt road and Maine was still a part of the state of Massachusetts, Alden Bass built a house at 22 High Street here in Camden. A striking main house with an attached carriage house and a four-story barn, the home is an outstanding example of the progressive farm buildings common to 19th century Maine. The Camden Maine Stay is the second oldest of the sixty-six lovely homes that are listed on the National Register of Historical Places in the High Street Historic District.

The inn's two parlors have wood burning fireplaces. Highly crafted ornate iron castings form the mantel and surround the hearth in the North Parlor. Many of the rooms have original wide plank pine flooring. Oriental rugs, period furnishings, and many antebellum pieces are scattered throughout the house. You may take breakfast at the old harvest table in the dining room or at a table for two on the sun porch overlooking the garden. Guests are always welcome in the Camden Maine Stay's big country kitchen. You can raid the cookie jar, get some ice or discuss the days' events round the antique Queen Atlantic stove. Some of the guestrooms have TVs and there is a TV and VCR in one of the first floor sitting rooms. The Inn’s grounds include a one-acre garden with tree-lined winding paths, a brook with a granite bridge, benches, and a swing. With this pleasant grove to the south, the Camden Hills State Park to the west and charming historic homes to the north and east, the inn projects the essence of New England.

Known as "the village where the mountains meet the sea," Camden is a breathtakingly beautiful seaside community. Some of its treasures include: one of the most photographed harbors in New England, white-steepled churches, narrow streets lined with quaint shops and restaurants, ample parks, common greens and stately old homes.

Guests at the Camden Maine Stay can walk four blocks to over thirty miles of wonderful Camden Hills State Park trails, play golf on one of the country's premier courses, sail in a windjammer, eat lobster within yards of where they are being caught, or sit on the rock at the top of Mt. Battie where poet Edna St. Vincent Millay sat to gaze at the islands in the bay and gain inspiration.

 


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