Windswept was the seasonal cottage of Mary Ellen Chase (1887-1973), the noted educator, author, and lecturer. She is considered by many literary critiques to be second only to Sarah Orne Jewett in her ability to capture the history and particular atmosphere of the coast of Maine and its people, yet her work also encompassed educational pedagogy, and biblical criticism. Located on the shore of Petit Manan Point in the town of Steuben, Windswept is a modest cottage with sweeping views of the coast of Maine, including the Schoodic Peninsula and Mount Desert Island.

The Machias Valley Grange, #360 is a building which has served the community of Machias for 100 years. Built by members of the Grange in 1907 as their meeting hall, the vernacular building with Queen Anne details and a projecting second story is outfitted with a beautiful second floor hall, complete with balcony and a stage, and a spacious dining room and convenient kitchen. Its design not only offered the members of the Grange facilities in which to conduct their meetings and rituals, but made the property valuable as a social and cultural facility for the greater Machias region.

The Dennis Johnson Lumber Company Sawmill, also known as the Johnson Mill, was an industrial fixture in Waterboro, Maine from at least 1869 to 1963. Over its long history the mill manufactured long and short lumber, shingles, and wooden box components. In the 19th century it utilized water power from Johnson Stream before upgrading just after the turn of the twentieth century to mechanical power provided by a steam boiler.

The Lockwood Mill Historic District, consisting of Mill Number 1, Mill Number 2, Mill Number 3, and the associated power house and canal, is the only major nineteenth century textile complex constructed in Waterville, Maine. With its prominent site on the Kennebec River adjacent to the central business district, the district is a major architectural landmark that has long been important in the economic development of the city. The complex was designed and planned by Amos D. Lockwood, nationally significant as one of the first professional consulting mill engineers.

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.

The LeRoy F. Pike Memorial Building was erected in 1925-26 and designed by the Portland firm of John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens. Colonial Revival in style, the well composed frame building features classical elements applied in a manner that elevates, but does not overwhelm, the building?s massing and scale and creates a sense of austerity. The building belongs to the inhabitants of Cornish and serves as both a public auditorium and as the location of the town?s administrative offices. Since its construction, it has also been the site of its annual town meetings and elections.

The Chaloner House is a large Federal-style building situated on a rise overlooking the waterfront in the Washington County town of Lubec. Erected in stages by about 1818, the building exhibits an unusual plan featuring two primary entrances and three formal front rooms on each floor which are backed by a series of small secondary rooms under a salt-box addition.

Kings Mills is one of the three villages that comprise the Lincoln County town of Whitefield, Maine. Formed into the Town of Whitefield in 1809, each of the villages retained it separate identity, and functioned essentially as self-sufficient entities well into the 20th century. The Whitefield Union Hall, constructed in 1900, is a key element in the social history of Kings Mills.

The property on the edge of Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro known as Chimney Farm has been immortalized beautifully in the writings of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Taken together their literary careers spanning over a hundred years. Their genres - children's stories, nature writing, historical fiction, poetry and local documentary - cover much ground and have garnered accolades from readers and critics of disparate voices.

Significant in the development of Maine's outdoor image were the sporting camps that catered to those who sought an authentic "wilderness experience" in the later decades of the nineteenth century. These camps, which were invariably located upon rivers and lakes or set in vast tracts of forest, helped to foster this image by developing isolated retreats that offered excellent hunting and/or fishing.