The property on the edge of Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro known as Chimney Farm has been immortalized beautifully in the writings of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Taken together their literary careers spanning over a hundred years. Their genres - children's stories, nature writing, historical fiction, poetry and local documentary - cover much ground and have garnered accolades from readers and critics of disparate voices. While Beston was best known for his 1928 volume "The Outermost House," and Coatsworth for her 1931 Newbury Award winning "The Cat Who Went to Heaven," a substantial portion of the couple?s literary output was produced after they purchased the property in Nobleboro in 1931. As different as their writing styles and subject matter could be, the touchstone and wellspring of much of their best subject matter was Chimney Farm, which they occupied until the ends of their respective lives. Key to appreciating the writings of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston is the understanding of the extent to which Chimney Farm figures into their nature writing, their historical fiction, their poetry, and their neighborhood chronicles. Chimney Farm was listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the statewide level of significance as both the long term residence, and frequent subject matter, of the authors Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston.