The town of Paris is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. And if buyers are looking for homes there built in Hamlin’s time, now’s the time to shop, according to the Sun Journal.
The Lewiston newspaper reported Sunday that of the 10 homes listed there for sale on the real estate website Zillow, seven were built before 1900 — and of those, four are being offered for less than their 2014 assessed value.
One, the so-called “Owl House,” was constructed in 1812, has six bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, and carries a price tag of $179,000. That’s $66,000 less than its 2014 assessed value, the Sun Journal reported.
Another, known locally as “The Mallow,” is a five-bedroom, four-bathroom home built in 1802 “at the foothills of the White Mountains” and is described in its listing as one of the town’s first hotels. It’s being offered for $200,000 — almost $30,000 less than its 2013 valuation.
Brenda Birney, who the Sun Journal says has been selling homes in the area for nearly three decades, told the newspaper historic homes like these don’t often reach the market, because they’re often passed down to heirs or sold in private sales. That makes the current Paris Hill market flood all the more unusual, she said.
