The Limington Historic District consists of twenty-four principal structures with ten dating pre-1820. The small rural village developed mostly in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and served as a crossroad and service center for the outlying community. State Routes 11 and 117 intersect in the center of the district with all of the designated structures, including the town hall, school house, Masonic Hall, a church, and numerous residences, lining these roads in all four directions. Limington was incorporated in 1792, but the earliest known settlers arrived in the 1770s. Known as an agricultural community, farmers shipped their goods via the crossroads, which led to the construction of civic and commercial buildings as well. The early Federal-style buildings include the c.1790 T. Lord House (pictured), a side-gabled house with a low roofline and clad in clapboard siding; the gambrel roofed Libby-MacArthur House with a central chimney and lancet arched panels; four houses with fanlights above the doorways; and the school distinguished by a Federal-style bell tower with segmentally arched openings. Today Limington still exists as a vibrant rural Maine community.
Year Listed: 1998
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