The Harrington Methodist Church in Harrington, Washington County, Maine is a good local example of a nineteenth-century New England Greek Revival style church. The timber framed building was constructed from 1860-63 as a Methodist church. The building is eligible under Criterion C for its architectural style with character defining features of corner pilasters, a closed pediment with a circular window in the tympanum, paired round-top double-hung wood windows, and on the interior a unique coved plaster ceiling with raised accent bands.

The Central Fire Station in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine is locally significant under the National Register of Historic Places Criterion A, in the area of Politics/Government for its association with town’s provision of life safety services. For over one hundred years (1919-2022) the Central Fire Station was actively utilized as a firehouse for the Town of Brunswick.

Mariners Lodge No. 53 located in the Village of Round Pond, Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine is significant for its association with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and their work promoting charity, community service, and philanthropy. The building was constructed in 1891 with a first-floor dining hall that was available for use by the community at large and a members-only second-floor hall where their meetings and rituals awarding degrees took place. The hall is significant at the local level for social history and entertainment/recreation.

The former Pleasant Valley Grange No. 136 is a vernacular two-story, gable front wood frame building that has been and continues to be an important social and community center in the Village of West Bethel in the Town of Bethel, Oxford County, Maine. This subordinate Grange was organized on March 29, 1875 and met in schools, other local halls, and member homes until they built the nominated building. The large multipurpose meeting and dining hall with an attached kitchen on the first floor and the large meeting hall with stage on the second floor are common features of Maine Grange halls.

Reeds Mill Church in rural Madrid Township, Franklin County, Maine, was built in 1892 as a small balloon-frame, gable-front church. At the local level, the building is architecturally significant under Criterion C for its type, period, and method of construction. The building was the first church built by the town’s established Baptist congregation which had previously met in private homes, schoolhouses, and other existing buildings. The small congregation built the simple building as the first and to this date the only church building in the town.

The Little Diamond Island Casino is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a locally significant example of a type of community building that historically has, and currently is, the central focus of the social life of the inhabitants of this small island in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.  Built in 1909 by developer Charles “Windy” Brown as a restaurant and small store to anchor a nascent summer cottage development on the island, the Casino has served as the community hall, meeting hall, and entertainment venue since 1924.  The two-story wood framed building

The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is pleased to announce that the Draft “2026 Addendum” to Heritage for the Future: Maine’s Statewide Historic Preservation Plan is now available for review and comment. The Commission will be accepting comments on the draft document through Friday, October 2, 2026.

Please submit comments electrically to Kirk.Mohney@maine.gov. 

The draft addendum is linked below.