The Brown-Pilsbury Double House, located on Franklin Street, is a two-story Federal-style frame building with clapboard sheathing and a gable roof. It is referred to as a double house because it housed two families with prominent entrances on the gable ends of the house. Both units are near identical with a tight spiral staircase near each entrance. Each exterior entry features an ornate door surround of capped pilasters and entablatures. The west entrance is more highly styled than the east entrance featuring a 6-panel door and pilasters with pronounced caps, architrave, and frieze that support the broad cornice. Records indicate that the finished attic space may have been used by the local Masonic Lodge. The centered entranced on the north facade was likely added in the late nineteenth century. It was built for local businessmen and Masons, Johnathan H. Brown and Moody Pilsbury. Brown was one of the incorporators of the Penobscot Bank (1806), and served on Bucksport's Fish Committee, as Sealer of Weights and Constable. Pilsbury was a founder of the Bucksport Social Library (1806), and worked at the town clerk, selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor. Later, in 1871, one side of the house became the parsonage for the Methodist Church.
Year Listed: 1997
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