The Edmund E. Goodwin House in the Springvale village of Sanford, Maine was constructed in 1899 and is a late example of a well-detailed Queen Anne style residential structure. Built by a successful merchant, manufacturer, and community member whose family had once owned lumber yards and sawmills, this building has remained almost completely unaltered and retains a high degree of architectural integrity.
The Ella R. Hodgkins Intermediate School was placed in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level for its association with educational planning and development in Augusta and for its architectural design. The Hodgkins School was the third school built as part of a decade long school building program that updated and consolidated Augusta?s schools to accommodate the post-World War II baby boom. The school is also significant architecturally as an intact example of a modern, mid-century school building following the most recent trends in design and construction.
The 28.68 acre Great Chebeague Golf Club Historic District on the west side of Chebeague Island is a links-like course which was first laid out by George P. Spalding and Bertrand R.T. Collins, summer residents of the island, in 1920. Originally designed out as a six-hole course, the course was expanded to nine holes by 1923. The formation and evolution of the Club was fueled by summer residents who had begun to season on the islands of Casco Bay at the end of the 19th century.
The Norton's Corner School House has been part of the history of the town of Willimantic as one of the first public buildings in town. Built to serve School District #2, the Norton's Corner School is one of only two extant one-room school houses in this remote Piscataquis County community of just over 150 people. Probably constructed circa 1882, this was most likely the second building to be erected as a school in the town, and it was used continually for that purpose until 1965.
The Lewiston Mills and Water Power Systems Historic District reflects the significance of Lewiston as an important textile manufacturing center in Maine and Northern New England from 1850 to 1950. The district?s complexes, stores, schools, commercial, industrial and social buildings and infrastructure of the predominately cotton textile industry were the stimuli for Lewiston?s development as a city, its economic success and subsequent population increases, including the prolific immigration of French-Canadians.
The Whitney Farm is a moderately sized farm of 206 acres in Appleton and Searsmont, Maine with a long history of agricultural use. Established circa 1825 by John Tole, the house, ell, barn and shed, poultry houses, cooper shop, corn crib and ice house have worked in concert to support the farm?s residents even as the demography and the products of the farm changed. The most significant evolution at the farm occurred circa 1925 when the Whitney family started to raise poultry in greater numbers and constructed or altered several buildings on the property for that purpose.
The Judson Record House in Livermore Falls is a local landmark. Located on a hill overlooking downtown and the riverfront location of the town?s most significant manufactories, the building carries a prestige of style as one of the last great early-twentieth century houses in town. The Georgian Revival style house was designed by the Lewiston architectural firm of Coombs and Gibbs in 1906 and constructed shortly thereafter. In addition it is a significant link to the industries and men that developed the town and the area. Its first owner, Judson A.
The F. M. Jordan House is a beautiful Second Empire style house located in a quiet neighborhood in Auburn, Maine. The building was built in 1881 by the well-known local builder, C.A. Jordan, to plans by the architect Charles Sumner Frost, then of Boston. F. M. Jordan was an entrepreneur who owned a large saw mill in Lewiston and was the head of the Lewiston Aqueduct Company, which provided water to the growing city starting in the 1860s.
The resources in the Auburn Commercial Historic District represent the greatest concentration and density of historic commercial properties in Auburn. The ?L? shaped district is comprised of 9 contributing buildings, 3 non-contributing buildings, and one non-contributing site located on both sides of one block on Main Street and on one side of two blocks on Court Street. With buildings erected between 1855 and circa 1902, the establishment of the commercial district paralleled the city?s industrial, political and economic growth during the same period.
The Ogunquit Playhouse was first listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 1995 in recognition of its local historic significance within the context of performing arts and community planning and development. Since that time, additional scholarship has been undertaken on the history of summer theater thus enabling the property to be evaluated within a broader context. Based on this research, the Ogunquit Playhouse?s listing was raised to the national level of significance in the area of Performing Arts Education.