Check Out The Priciest Property in Maine Asking $9.7 Million

Asking $9.7 million, an Arts and Crafts-style home in Camden, Maine, is the priciest home actively listed in the state, according to Maine Listings, the statewide multiple listing service.

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Its seller, Joseph D. “Dyke” Messler Jr., is a member of the Gamble family of Procter & Gamble Co. He bought the roughly 23-acre property, perched on the side of Mount Battie and overlooking Penobscot Bay, in 2007. Mr. Messler built the property’s three-bedroom main house, which measures about 6,800 square feet, and one-bedroom guest house.

Mr. Messler, 67, says he was inspired by his family’s history: His great-grandparents commissioned the Gamble House in Pasadena, Calif., a famed Arts and Crafts home that is now a National Historic Landmark and museum.

Mr. Messler said as a child, he frequently visited his grandparents at the Gamble House, which became his inspiration for the Camden home. “This house is paying homage” to Charles and Henry Greene, the architects who designed the Gamble House, he said.

Much like the Gamble House, his home has stained-glass windows in the front doors, as well as light fixtures and fireplace surrounds, and a similar style of woodwork. He also had furniture made that resembles pieces in the Gamble House, although they are not for sale.

Outside there’s a built-in hot tub, a fire pit, a pool and an outdoor kitchen.

Mr. Messler, who moved in to the house in 2012, declined to specify how much he spent on construction, but said: “The asking price is considerably less than it cost me to build it.”

He said he is selling because he now spends part of the year in Charleston, S.C. and wants to downsize. He has also purchased a smaller property in nearby Rockport, Maine.

Scott Horty of Camden Real Estate Company has the listing.