This is a classic New England Cape Cod house in a peaceful, oceanside-side neighborhood. The perfect getaway for making memories in Chatham. We love that you can walk to the beautiful white sandy beach of Hardings Beach, and walk to the Stage Harbor Lighthouse by following the path for a mile behind the sand dunes. Walk to the left of the lighthouse, and you’ll arrive at an amazing ocean inlet beach, usually only accessed by boat. You can also walk to Barn Hill landing on Oyster River where you can watch lobster boats, fish off the dock, collect seashells, or catch crabs in a crab trap.
This home was originally owned and built by a schoolteacher, Alice Dobbins. She asked her middle school students to research and design an original Cape Cod house—-and she built this house based on their design! The original staircase to the upstairs was accessed through a closet and had a rope for a railing. While we did add a dormer upstairs to finish the attic space into two bedrooms, we took care to not change the footprint of the original house or to change the original classic Cape Cod design.
The walk to the beach is about 10 minutes. There's a beach cart and all the beach gear you'll need. You walk past nine houses to get to the private neighborhood path down the sand dunes to Hardings Beach.