The heart of the farm is an early 19th-century farmhouse, which was from 1931 to their respective deaths home to the writers Henry Beston (1888–1968) and Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893–1986).

[1] Chimney Farm stands on a peninsula called East Neck, one of two that separate two lobes of Damariscotta Lake.

The farmhouse is a rambling 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a Cape style main block, a tall ell to the east, and a long single-story ell running north from the north west corner of the main block.

The original portion of the house dates to the early 19th century, but has a later 19th-century turret-like projection built above its front door.

His most famous book, The Outermost House, was a work of nature writing said to have had a major influence on Rachel Carson.