Cantilevered volumes of honed black stone and full-height glazing frame a sculptural double-height entry, screened from the street by mature palms.
Hulbert Avenue runs along the edge of Nantucket Harbor, a single row of shingled houses with the water at their lawns and the town a short walk behind. Frontage here is finite and rarely offered. This compound — three cedar-shingled structures stepping down to the sound — holds one of the avenue's deeper waterfront parcels, with a dock that takes a sizable boat.
The main house is classic island Shingle Style, its cedar left to weather to the local silver-grey, trimmed in white, and crowned by a widow's walk with a full sweep of the harbor. Inside, the palette is unfussy and coastal: painted beadboard, wide oak boards, and rooms oriented almost without exception toward the water.
A Compound on the Water
Beyond the main house, a guest cottage and a pool house give the property the flexibility of a true compound — room for extended family and guests without crowding. A heated pool sits on the harbor lawn, and a private deep-water dock extends into the sound, a genuine rarity on this stretch of shoreline.
Seven bedrooms are distributed across the three structures, the harbor-facing primary suite opening to a private porch above the lawn. Living, dining, and a lightly updated cook's kitchen occupy the water side of the main floor, with a screened porch for the long light of the summer evenings.
A short walk from the shops and restaurants of Nantucket town yet set on its own stretch of harbor, the compound is offered at $16,900,000 through the listing agent.
