Wonder House... contiued from page 1 the house. “Just like Lincoln did, with a large The rest is history: they basin of cold water, soap, a face Damariscotta, Maine SECTION B October 4, 2018 purchased the house in January cloth, and a towel.” and began working to replace the Collins, Dyer, and Long owned a Real Estate: Pages 1-4 Classifieds: Pages 5-7 TV: Page 8 Church: Page 9 plumbing, the electrical wiring, home in Portland, where they lived and the roof, and to renovate and before moving to Wiscasset. Their remodel the interior of the home, Portland home sold shortly after it which had fallen into disarray. was put on the market. They began AppleFest offers face-painting, food, friends Before beginning the repairs, the moving their antique furniture to new owners invited their friends to their new home when repairs and renovations permitted. AppleFest is Saturday, Oct. see their new home. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Half of their friends asked them Over the past few months, they have installed new hardwood floors Nobleboro Historical Center and if they had taken leave of their the Nobleboro Central School gym. senses. The other half, who shared to replace those with water damage from a leaky roof, sanded floors that The yellow road signs on Route 1, their enthusiasm for historic “Apple in a Pie” and “Don’t Drive homes, congratulated them on their could be saved, painted walls and ceilings, and decorated the home By,” are for a community event foresight in the purchase. where one can sit back, relax, chat Although they purchased the with mid-19th-century furniture. The house was built in 1852. with friends, and enjoy music by home in January, it was not ready Playin’ Possum, turkey sandwiches for occupancy until June. The first “There is no new furniture in this house,” Collins said. “The for lunch, dozens of homemade two weeks after they moved in, they apple pies, the Nobleboro Central had no running water. only things that are new are the appliances.” The new owners of the former Musical Wonder House in Wiscasset School eighth-grade food table, When a friend from South relax in the music room with their dogs. From left: Dana Long, Michael Kieve-Wavus’ Leadership School Carolina called and asked how “What would be the sense in having this beautiful furniture and Collins, and Dan Dyer. (Charlotte Boynton photo) kids face-painting and games, things were going in their new Beth’s apples and cider, local home, Collins told her it was a great not using it?” he said. collection: a music box they found The full restoration will take time. Collins said owners of historic vendor and nonprofit tables, high- feeling to know they were living like at Christie’s Auction House in New homes in Wiscasset should consider quality and unique crafts, and at Abraham Lincoln lived. “We worked seven of the last 12 York, and a piano from the Fairfield years on our home in the Portland offering tours of their homes and least 80 silent auction items. When he told her they had been Antique Mall. gardens to raise money for the The crafts are always fun and living without running water for the area,” Long said. “It will take at “It is the piano that came home,” least another seven years here.” preservation of the town’s history. handmade. This year, there’s a new past two weeks, she asked, “How do Collins said. When they saw the He said he would like to see horse- lobster claw, Santa Moose, along The Kieve-Wavus Leadership School staff will do face-painting for kids you take your baths?” Collins said, They plan improvements to the piano in Fairfield and decided they at AppleFest on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. grounds as well as the building, drawn carriage rides for visitors with pine cone angels, and lobster- had to have it for their new home, to shop and see historic sites, with claw witches and puffins. There are including an English Colonial colored, weatherproof markers items. they didn’t know it had a connection Christmas carolers on the street Sally Hough’s painted pumpkins garden in their backyard with are designed to go on the outside AppleFest supports scholarships to the home. corner at Christmastime. and Laurie McBurnie’s adorable a cobblestone driveway where of the house. These signs are for for Nobleboro residents and The driver who delivered the The new owners have a nickname knit apple caps for little kids. Jean they will park a horse carriage, all houses, not just historical ones. society members, along with piano told them he had removed for their new home. They call it Thurston, a skilled tole painter, currently in the backyard. The name on the marker can be classes for Nobleboro Central it from the home. When they told Miss Scarlett, after the character created lovely painted wood boxes. Captain William Clark built that of the original owner or of a School students, programs for the the driver where to put the piano, in the classic film “Gone with the The unique Maine flashlight is the home that would become the more recent owner. One can come public, and preserving the history the driver looked at them and said, Wind.” The 1939 Civil War drama back again, along with many other Musical Wonder House in 1852. to the historical society table to see of Nobleboro. The Nobleboro “This is the room I took the piano focuses on a Southern belle, Scarlett big and small creations, like the Clark built it as a two-family house Nobleboro postcards. Central School eighth-graders raise from.” O’Hara, played by Vivian Leigh. handsome sock snowmen. with identical sides: one for him and The list of silent auction money for their class project, too. “I got goose bumps when he told Although they say Miss Scarlett The historical society’s table his wife, and one for his daughter. items will be online at Nobleboro Central School is located us that,” Collins said. is taking up lot of their time, along has maps, books, and notepads, In 1913, Clark’s son-in-law took nobleborohistoricalsociety.org. at 198 Center St., and the historical The new owners said they with Wild Burritos, the trio has and offers house markers or down the wall between the sides The website doesn’t allow bidding, center, located right in front of it, consider themselves fortunate to more plans for Wiscasset: they aim plaques, celebrating the history of and united the building into one but one can choose which items has many items that tell the story have the opportunity to restore the to open the Village Tavern on Main Nobleboro homes by showing the home. According to Collins, the one wants to bid on. Generous of Nobleboro’s past. For more home and preserve it for future Street before Christmas. date when one’s house was built and ownership of the home stayed in local businesses and other donors information, call Mary Sheldon at generations. “It truly is a gem,” the name. The attractive, cream- the Clark family until 1962, when Collins said. have once again contributed great 563-5376. Danilo Konvalinka bought it. Konvalinka’s Musical Wonder House, a museum and repair shop for antique music boxes and player E C ING pianos, opened in 1963 and operated I T O R IS D through 2014, when its collection L ON C was liquidated and the house went EW P INTOWN EW N N The flying staircase in the former into foreclosure. Musical Wonder House dates to 1913. Collins, Dyer, and Long were able The building’s new owners plan to to acquire two pieces that were refinish the staircase in the near once in the Musical Wonder House future. 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MLS#1371063 $250,000 MLS#1362406 $235,000 MLS#1352911 $429,000 MLS#1351627 $108,000 MLS#1355108 $379,000 The new owners of the former Musical Wonder House have restored LEE SIMARD n KEN GRAy n LORRIE ZEINER n ANNE PEASLEE n DEBBy SCHLING n DENNIS HILTON n KIRSTEN INGRAM n CLINT MILLER n DAvID HAGAN the building’s parlor to its original grandeur and furnished it with period KEITH RADONIS n DEBI FOx n SARA ROGERS n CARMEN REED n DEAN JACOBS n PATTI BROWN n BILL BRyNES n JuDI SIMONSON furniture.