Sanford Town Hall (Former), Springvale, 1873-1956

The former Sanford Town Hall, located in Springvale, was the second of three civic buildings built to serve as the seat of Sanford's local government. As a secondary village of the Town of Sanford, Springvale has a history that is both separated from and connected to the surrounding communities. The former Sanford Town Hall is a significant remnant of the period between the Civil War and the first World War, when Springvale's main streets were at the center of the village, both politically, socially and commercially.

Mercer Union Meetinghouse, Mercer, 1829, 1857, 1884/5, 1917

Erected in 1829 by an as yet unidentified builder and altered three times within the next century, the Mercer Union Meetinghouse is a transitional Federal and Greek Revival style frame edifice that is detailed on the exterior with Gothic Revival style features and on the interior within Greek Revival mouldings and bold grain painting. It was placed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significant architecture and in recognition of the excellent decorative grain painting on the interior.

Camden Great Fire Historic District, Camden, 1892-1956

The Camden Great Fire Historic District encompasses 21 buildings along Elm and Main Streets, on the west side of the Camden Harbor. The Megunticook River runs under the district at its north end and several of the buildings on the east side of the district are actually built on the bridge and over the river or its catch basin. Within the district boundaries is the previously listed Richardson Romanesque Camden Opera House, fifteen substantial, brick, commercial buildings, and seven smaller, frame commercial buildings.

Garland Farm, Bar Harbor, 1955

Garland Farm was the last home of renowned landscape architect Beatrix Farrand. At the age of 83, she dismantled her ancestral home, Reef Point, and moved herself and her favorite plants to a new apartment built onto the house of her close friends and co-workers, Amy and Lewis Garland. There she installed an ?instant? and private garden, placing her beloved heaths and heathers and other perennial flowers in a walled enclosure outside her quarters and dispersing her prized bushes, shrubs and trees around the grounds of the vernacular farmhouse.

Battery Steele, Peaks Island, Portland, 1942 - 1948

Battery Steele, located on the former Peaks Island Military Reservation on Peaks Island, in Portland, Maine represents the most advanced form of Coastal Defense installation developed by the United States Army during World War II. Due to its location as an outer island in the bay with a clear view across the North Atlantic, Peaks Island was chosen as the principal site for Casco Bay?s defensive system. The battery was armed with two 16? guns capable of firing a 2000 pound shot 26 miles to sea.

Parson's Bend, Alna, c. 1800

Parson's Bend is a very good, intact example of the simple, transitional Georgian - Federal period homesteads that were prevalent at the turn of the nineteenth century in mid-coast Maine. Situated on a low bluff over the Sheepscot River, one-and-one-half miles southeast of the Puddle Dock settlement in Alna, the home that Jacob Nelson built has changed very little since its was constructed circa 1800.

Lt. Robert Andrews House, South Bridgton, 1780-1845

The Lt. Robert Andrews house is a center-chimney Federal style home, sandwiched within a century of additions, in South Bridgton, Maine. Built by one of the most influential and benevolent men to live in the town during the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth century, Andrews is remembered for his lifelong dedication to military, philanthropic and civic service in his community. Twenty five years after settling in town, Andrews built a large home on his land across from Adams Pond.

Timothy and Jane Williams House, Rockland, 1839-1880

The Timothy and Jane Williams House is among the finest mid-nineteenth century homes in Rockland Maine, and quite possibly the most significant Italianate style structure in this seaside city. The house, which has been attributed to the local joiner and builder James Overlock, was erected circa 1859, and features high style decorative exterior elements including quoins, brackets, flush board siding, an elaborate entryway and decorative crowns over the large windows.

Joseph H. Underwood House, Fayette, 1837-1867

The Joseph H. Underwood House in the Fayette Mills section of Fayette, Maine is a building that reflects the achievements and status of one of this town?s most successful merchants, farmers and politicians. Constructed in 1837, the large brick house and integral ell was Underwood?s third residence in the town to which he had moved thirty years earlier. During these three decades, Underwood had established a successful store, invested in numerous local industries, and served as an elected official in a variety of local and state offices.

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