1850 Maine Schoolhouse on 4 Acres with Brook Frontage — $85,000

This building has been standing since 1850. It started as a schoolhouse and it still reads that way — small, rectangular, the kind of structure built to do one job and do it plainly. At 852 square feet and two bedrooms, there is not a lot of square footage to work with, but the footprint is what it is, and the history is real.

The condition is rough. The agent copy says "extensive work," which in Maine in a building this old means you go in with your eyes open and a contractor who does not flinch. There are no bathrooms listed. That tells you something about where this project starts. You would be rebuilding systems, not refreshing finishes.

What you get for that is four acres in Dover Foxcroft with frontage on Daggett Brook. That is the thing that changes the math. A working waterway on your land in rural Maine, at this price, is the reason to look at this seriously. The brook is there whether you restore the schoolhouse, tear it down and build new, or just want to own land with moving water on it.

There is also a detached two-story storage building on the property, which gives you a place to work out of while you figure out the main structure. A drilled well is already in. Those two things matter when you are starting this kind of project because they reduce the number of problems you are solving at once.

Dover Foxcroft is the county seat of Piscataquis County, which means it has services and some infrastructure without being suburban. This is still remote Maine. The trade-off is the land, the quiet, and a 175-year-old building you can do something real with.

At $85,000, this is a land and project purchase. The building is part of the story, but the four acres and the brook are the reason to drive out and look.