Richard Manning, a native of Salem, Massachusetts, moved to the Casco area to manage his family's large land holdings in the area after his father died in 1813. His sister, Elizabeth Clark Hawthorne, followed her brother to Maine along with her son and future author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is believed they spent some time at the house before moving into their own located a short distance away in Raymond. The Richard Manning House is a two-story wood frame dwelling, sheathed in clapboards with a shallow pitched hip roof, and two large interior chimneys. The facade is symmetrical with a central entry. The entry door is framed by sidelight windows and topped by an elliptical fanlight. A rear ell connects the house to a later nineteenth-century barn. The interior features a small sleeping chamber off of the kitchen, a configuration unusual for houses of the period in Maine.
Year Listed: 1993
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