The Levi Sargent House is a one-and-a-half story cape built with hewn logs and is a good example of nineteenth-century domestic log construction. Unfortunately, the house has lost many original features, including its original entryway and clapboard siding. A long ell extends to the rear of the dwelling. The ell is wood framed using mortise and tenon components. Sargent was a farmer and Methodist minister. His father, Daniel, moved to the area in the 1790s. They acquired two tracts of land totaling 109 acres. Soon after marrying Deliverance Sawyer, Levi built this home. He later transferred the property to Isaiah Bonney, but it is unknown if he ever occupied the house. There are few known examples of log constructed dwellings in Maine and this house gives insight on a past tradition of construction.
Year Listed: 1987
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