Located on Burgess Road and one of the earliest houses constructed in this remote part of Maine, the Burgess House has had several additions constructed throughout the nineteenth century with all the components sheathed with clapboard siding with side-gabled roofs. The original structure is a one-story Cape with double-hung windows with numerous small panes of glass. Characteristics of a Cape are its low, broad massing with interior rooms placed around the large central chimney. The entrance is framed by five-paned sidelights and a louvered transom. Ichabod Young, the owner of the first woolen-related mill in Piscataquis County, likely built the home, but the dwelling's namesake comes from the Thomas A. Burgess family. They owned the property during the late nineteenth century. The site sits on the outlet of Sebec Lake into the Sebec River. It was an ideal location for waterpower with multiple mills operating in the area by the 1830s. The most remarkable feature of the house is a series of c.1824 murals and stencil work created by well-known muralists Moses Eaton, Jr. and Rufus Porter.
Year Listed: 1978
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