ONSITE-ONLINE AUCTION HISTORIC MOSS ACRE OCEAN FRONT ESTATE

SHORE ROAD CASTINE, MAINE Thurs, Aug 13th at 7pm The Firm of John McInnis Auctioneers is proud to present The Moss Acre Estate, a historic and grand home on the banks of the Penobscot Bay. Home of Polly Porter and her partner Mary “Molly” Dewson, who was instrumental in Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaigns, utilized Moss Acre as a summer retreat where she, Polly, and other political figures—including Eleanor Roosevelt, would gather to work on social reform and women's rights. The Bourne family (of the New Bedford Bourne’s, a prominent 19th century Whaling family) later took up residency. The Moss Acre...