Likely constructed to house two families, the Lithgow House is unusual for its dual entrances behind an enclosed vestibule. Two stories tall, the house is clapboard sided with a side-gabled roof and two interior chimneys. The facade is slightly unsymmetrical, reflecting the atypical floor plan inside. The projecting vestibule leads to two entry doors which are placed at forty-five degree angles, each of which open to a parlor. A central staircase can be accessed from either room, leading up to the second floor which contains four chambers of various sizes. The house remains largely intact and the interior retains its Federal period woodwork. The land on which the house stands was originally owned by James N. Lithgow, an early settler in the Kennebec River Valley. He divided it between his two sons Alfred and Llewellyn in 1818 and one or both built the house shortly after. Llewellyn Lithgow operated grist and saw mills and was prosperous enough to donate funds to the Bridge Academy in Dresden and the Lithgow Library in Augusta.
Year Listed: 1985
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