Schlotterbeck & Foss Building, Portland, Cumberland County, 1927-1966

The Schlotterbeck & Foss Building at 117 Preble Street in Portland, Maine is significant for its association with the pharmaceutical and food processing industry on the local level between 1927 and 1966; and as a rare surviving industrial building by Maine?s most-noted architect John Calvin Stevens and a rare example of the Art Deco style of architecture in Portland. The less-well-known Portland architectural and engineering firm Webster & Libby played an important role in designing the building.

Eastport Historic District (Boundary Increase), Eastport, Washington County, 1882-1929

The purpose of this nomination form is to increase the boundaries of the Eastport Historic District (NR # 82000787) in Washington County, Maine. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in1982, the Eastport Historic District was described in the nomination as ?a cohesive grouping of 29 architecturally and/or historically significant buildings.? In addition, it noted that ?(t)he district encompasses the present commercial section which lies next to the shore where the sardine industry once flourished.?

John E. L. Huse Memorial School, Bath, Sagadahoc County, 1941-1942

The Huse School, located on a large city-owned lot just northwest of downtown Bath, Maine, possesses integrity of location, setting, workmanship, and association. The school is locally significant under National Register Criterion A in the area of Politics/Government as a good, early example of a limited number of schools constructed in Maine under the federal Lanham Act of 1940.

Little Mark Island Monument, Harpswell, Cumberland, 1827-1966

The Little Mark Island Monument was built in 1827 and retains substantial integrity. It is an early nineteenth century monumental tower daybeacon structure and lifesaving facility. This property is one of two such structures in Maine and is historically significant in Cumberland County on the local level. Its period of historical significance begins in 1827 when it was built and ends in 1966, fifty years before the present. The Little Mark Island Monument qualifies for inclusion in the National Register under Criteria A and C.

Excelsior Grange # 5, Androscoggin County, c. 1914-1966

The Excelsior Grange #5 is a building which has served the town of Poland, Maine since 1914. Erected in that year to replace an earlier grange hall that had burned, the two story building displays restrained Georgian Revival stylistic details on the exterior and the functional interior plan common to many Grange buildings. It is one of a very few architect-designed granges in Maine and is probably the only grange designed by the Lewiston based architect Harry S. Wilkinson, who was a Poland native.

Danville Junction Grange # 65, Androscoggin County, 1898-1966

The Danville Junction Grange # 65 is a building which has served the community of Danville, a village in Auburn, Maine for 118 years. The building was erected by members of the Grange between 1898 and 1901 to serve as their meeting hall. The two story building is essentially vernacular in style but reproduces the functional plan common to many Grange buildings of this period. Throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries the Grange, or Patrons? of Husbandry, was an important social and fraternal organization with an emphasis on agricultural education.

Starling Grange # 156 (former), Fayette, Kennebec, 1879-1966.

Now known as Starling Hall, the former Grange was listed in the National Register on April 5, 2016 for its significance in association with local social history as a fraternal organization and as a venue for local entertainment and recreation. Starling Hall is a modest building which has been an important social and community center in Fayette, Maine since 1879. Built in that year by members of the recently formed Starling Grange # 156 the building soon proved too small to adequately host events and it was subsequently enlarged in 1900.

Falmouth High School (former), Falmouth, Cumberland County, 1931-1965

Constructed in 1931-1936 in the suburban community of Falmouth, Maine, the Falmouth High School (former) was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance for its educational importance as the first high school erected in the town of Falmouth. The Colonial Revival style school was designed by Maine architect John P. Thomas to meet the curriculum requirements established by the State of Maine.

Cottage on King's row, Bristol (Round Pond) Lincoln County, 1853-1854

The Cottage on King's Row is a notable example of a Gothic Revival cottage that reflects the influence of mid-nineteenth-century architects and authors Alexander Jackson Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing. Erected c. 1854, this wood frame building exhibits the distinctive characteristics of the Gothic Revival style including asymmetry, steep roof slopes decorated with vergeboard and finials, and windows and doors accented by label moulds. The house appears to have been built by a ship's joiner, whose skilled hand is evident in the intricately carved porch supports and exterior moldings.

Hussey-Littlefield Farm, Albion, Kennebec County, c. 1838-1905

On the exterior, the Hussey-Littlefield House is an attractive, well proportioned, Greek Revival and Italianate style farm house with a series of ells connecting the house to the New England-plan barn. Set on a rural 6.8 acre lot surrounded by fields and other older farmhouses, this c. 1838 house displays a comfortable dignity that befits its location and style. At a passing glance, an observer might be forgiven to imagine that this structure has descended unchanged as a relic of a simpler, easier, pastoral past.

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