The William Colburn House, located on Bennoch Road, is one of a few eighteenth-century Cape dwellings that exist so far north of the coast. This house features a centralized front door framed by sidelights and a decorative louvered fan above. It also has a side-gabled roof with two large interior end brick chimneys. The original owner, William Colburn, moved to Orono with his father and brother one year prior to the American Revolution. When war broke out, they buried their belongings nearby and sought refuge in a fort near the Kennebec River. Colburn's brother, Reuben, lived in Pittston and assisted with building bateaux for Benedict Arnold's march to Quebec in 1775. After the war ended, they returned to the settlement to find their property unharmed and built this residence and another house. The second house was later lost to fire.
Year Listed: 1973
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