Bette Davis’ former oceanfront estate in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, has sold for $13.4 million, marking the state’s most expensive residential real estate deal in a decade.
The 8-acre property, famously named “Witch Way” by the Hollywood legend, closed last week after just two months on the market.
Listed for $15 million in July, the estate attracted international interest before selling for the highest residential price since 2015. The record for Maine still belongs to the former summer home of billionaire David Rockefeller, which sold for $19 million in 2008.
Davis and her then-husband, actor Gary Merrill, purchased the Cape Elizabeth property in the early 1950s after meeting on the set of All About Eve. The couple raised their children there for nearly a decade, enjoying small-town coastal life until their divorce in 1960. Merrill later called his time at Witch Way the happiest of his life.
Today, the estate—marketed as “Seascape”—looks very different from Davis’ era. A 7,600-square-foot farmhouse-style residence, completed in 2002, now stands as the main home. It features five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a cherry-paneled study, and a fireside breakfast nook. The house also boasts panoramic views from an octagonal cupola overlooking 1,200 feet of granite shoreline.
The property includes a 2,000-square-foot carriage house with two bedrooms and a full kitchen, a barn, and landscaped grounds with a pond. Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty handled the sale, calling it “one of the finest estates in Maine.”
The multimillion-dollar transaction highlights growing demand for luxury coastal properties in Maine, especially those tied to Hollywood history.
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