November 14, 2024
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Brewer home to be featured on cable series

BREWER – A Brewer home will receive national attention this weekend on “If These Walls Could Talk,” airing at 10:30 p.m. Sunday on the Home and Garden Network.

The red brick 1836 Greek Revival home of Paul Noddin and Scott Hamilton, at 171 Wilson St., will be featured on the cable series about historic homes. (The Kent-Cutting Double Home in Bangor was spotlighted on the same show last December.)

The house was built by housewright Lewis Howard, then sold to land developer James Warren. Upon his death, the Warren sons sold their shares to their sister Sabrina, who was married to Marcellus Veazie, son of the timber baron Samuel Veazie. They in turn sold to businessman Thomas Dooey, and the house remained in the hands of the Dooey family until 1994, when Noddin and Hamilton bought it. They spent months restoring it – their eighth such project.

The work involved removing additions that weren’t original to the house, repairing the exterior and updating the wiring, plumbing, heating and insulation. Other tasks included scraping off a century’s accumulation of paint, replastering walls and restoring hardware, shutters, fireplaces and original wood floors.

Hamilton said the nine-hour August filming was “a very pleasant experience, with lovely people.”


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