Living in a Private House With a Public Meaning
A dining room with historic murals in Kennebunkport, Maine, connects its current owners with the past.
The writer in the dining room of her Kennebunkport home. The murals were painted by Louis D. Norton in 1925.Credit.Greta Rybus for The New York Times
By Sarah Vander Schaaff
There are many ways to identify the Federal house we recently bought in Kennebunkport, Maine.
It’s the bright yellow one across from the public library.
It’s the “Simon Nowell” house or the “Captain Simon Nowell-Luques” house.
It’s Luques Tavern.
And finally, it’s the house with the murals.