The Crosby Street Historic District is an L-shaped area consisting of Crosby Street and Crosby Lane, which are located on a hill above downtown Augusta. Its prominent place overlooking the city's historical business district and Kennebec River led several prosperous merchants to construct high style homes here. The George Crosby House is the earliest building in the district, constructed c.1802 and is a two-story house with a hipped roof. It features a one-and-a-half story side ell. Its neighbor, the John Hartwell House was constructed next in c.1806 and is also a two-story building with a hipped roof. Both buildings have doorways designed from Asher Benjamin's 1797 The Country Builders Assistant. Architectural plan books were popular in the early nineteenth century and Benjamin, a trained carpenter, produced some of the most widely used ones in the US. These books gave builders in rural areas access to designs of the latest architectural fashions and trends.
Year Listed: 1986
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