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.

Marsh Stream Farm, Machiasport, Washington County, c. 1817-1965.

Marsh Stream Farm is a particularly picturesque property located in in rural Washington County. The seven domestic and agricultural buildings are clustered at the junction of Marsh Stream and the East Branch of the Little Kennebec River. Over 200 acres of pasture, meadow and woodlot surround the buildings and create the country setting that has been the backdrop of this farm?s industry and agriculture since 1817.

Brunswick Commercial Historic District, Cumberland County, 1820-1961

The Brunswick Commercial Historic District was listed in the National Register on January 12, 2016 for its historic commercial and architectural importance. The section of Maine Street that lies between the Cabot Mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River, and the First Parish Church in downtown Brunswick served as the primary commercial business district for the region from the early-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. The Brunswick Commercial Historic District consists of most of the northern half of that historic area, between Mason and School Streets.

Gordon Fox Ranch, Lincoln, Penobscot County, 1924-1940

Between 1924 and 1926 the Penobscot County town of Lincoln, Maine experienced a rapid and extensive growth of industrial fur farming. During these years Dr. Frank F. Gordon a dentist in Bangor, and his brother Dr. Fred E. Gordon, an optometrist in Lincoln, developed numerous fox farms - or ranches as they were called ? in Lincoln, and to a lesser extent in other areas of Maine and New Hampshire. Each ranch contained as many as 200 fox in outdoor pens surrounded by a wooden palisade, a house for the caretaker, and an observation tower.

Foster Barn at Winterberry Farm, Belgrade, Kennebec County, c. 1900-1910

The barn in Belgrade, Maine that the Foster brothers, F. C. and E. L. Foster, built on their farm around the turn of the twentieth century exhibits a transition from a traditional, timber-framed, mixed-use barn to a more modern building focused on dairy farming. The transition is seen in the spatial plan of the barn, the equipment utilized in the building, and in the materials used in constructing and framing the structure. Each of these features reflects the family?s increased focus on dairy farming.

St. Andre's Parish, York, County, 1900-1965

St. Andre's Roman Catholic parish is a complex containing five buildings (church, school, convent, rectory and garage) located just southeast of downtown Biddeford. Erected starting in 1900, three of the four principal buildings - the rectory, convent and church - contribute to the significance of the historic district. Stylistically the church is Romanesque, the rectory is Second Empire-style and the convent and (non-contributing ) former school were built in the Colonial Revival Style. St.

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