The Old Gray House, as it has been known since 1920, is a Federal Style home located on a small point of land on the west side of Sawyer Island in the Lincoln County town of Boothbay, Maine. The rectangular house with rear ell and side porch occupies a few grassy and rocky acres facing south and west across the Sheepscot River. The first building on this property was erected by 1753 and served as a tavern and inn for over 35 years, at one point suffering a fire at the hands of the British army. What is now believed to have been a single story, plank frame, center chimney cape during the 18th century this property belonged to members of the Hodgdon family, the noted East Boothbay boat builders, but despite its coastal location it served not as a boatyard, but as a farm, wharf, and fishing business. In 1920 the Old Gray House was (erroneously) christened during the state?s centennial as the ?oldest house standing in Maine? and shortly thereafter was remodeled, based on Colonial Revival sentiments and stylistic tenants by the architect Charles Way of Sudbury, Massachusetts. As such, this property, with 250 years of continuous habitation and structural evolution, provides an important touchstone to both local history and social philosophy. The Old Gray House was placed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in conjunction with early settlement and exploration of the area, as well as for the manner in which it expresses the Colonial Revival movements, and finally, as a good example of both Federal style and architecture and Colonial Revival architecture.