LITTLE COMPTON — The Sakonnet Point Club has purchased the lot and house next door, buying itself both an extension of its Sakonnet Harbor waterfront and some much needed elbow room.
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LITTLE COMPTON — The Sakonnet Point Club has purchased the lot and house next door, buying itself both an extension of its Sakonnet Harbor waterfront and some much needed elbow room.
The club paid $870,000 for the 7 Bluff Head Avenue house, once home to the former Cove Market, and its .55 acre lot which, like the club, fronts the harbor and offers fine views, particularly to the north across the harbor and up the Sakonnet River.
The seller is listed as Bluff Head II Corp. While he did not name them, Sakonnet Point Club President Scott Morrison said, “Members of the same family owned the property for about 30 years.”
Mr. Morrison said that club leadership had had discussions for several years about purchasing the property “and the two sides finally got to a price that both of us felt was fair. The board of SPC was unanimous and enthusiastic on the decision.”
The club has no immediate plans for use of the property, but Mr. Morrison said obtaining the property immediately to the east of the club was important — the listing for the property mentioned that “Cove Market can be used as a mixed use commercial property.”
Contributors to Sakonnet Point Perspectives recalled that the Cove Market was owned by Elsie Johnson and that you could find ice cream, sandwiches, newspapers, candy and even sneakers there.
At that time, the property now occupied by the Sakonnet Point Club was home to the former Fo’c’sle Restaurant.
The club also owns Lot 433, the undeveloped lot across Bluff Head from the clubhouse, property that is used for the club’s parking and boat dry storage racks.
In all, the club now holds 2.59 acres at the point: 11 Bluff Head Avenue (where the clubhouse sits) is .64 acres; Lot 433 is 1.40 acres; and 7 Bluff Head Avenue is .55 acres.