Dr. Moses Mason House, 1813-15 - Bethel, Oxford County

The Dr. Moses Mason House is a good example of the Federal style. Built facing the Bethel Common, the house is side gabled with clapboard siding. The facade is symmetrical with a centered entry. The door features sidelight windows and is topped by an elliptical filled fanlight. Pilasters supporting a band of molding frame the entry. Two internal chimneys are placed on the rear side of the roof. The front hall and stairway of the house contains Rufus Porter style murals, attributed to Jonathan D. Poor, a nephew of Rufus Porter, a prolific mural painter.

Bucknam House, c.1792 - Columbia Falls, Washington County

The Bucknam House, located on Main Street, is a rectangular residence that stands at two stories tall and is sheathed in wood shingles. It has a side-gabled roof, thick central chimney, and little ornamentation, except for narrow pilasters around the central front door. The front door is also topped with a five-light transom and a projecting cornice. This early residence retains windows with numerous small panes of glass. John Bucknam built the house when Columbia Falls was largely unsettled.

Brown-Pilsbury Double House, c. 1808 - Bucksport, Hancock County

The Brown-Pilsbury Double House, located on Franklin Street, is a two-story Federal-style frame building with clapboard sheathing and a gable roof. It is referred to as a double house because it housed two families with prominent entrances on the gable ends of the house. Both units are near identical with a tight spiral staircase near each entrance. Each exterior entry features an ornate door surround of capped pilasters and entablatures.

McWain-Hall House, c.1800 - Waterford, Oxford County

Positioned on a ridge above McWain Pond with a view of rocky fields and Mount Tire'm in eastern Waterford, the McWain-Hall House is a Federal-style building with minimal ornamentation. The side-gabled house has a large central brick chimney and its windows are irregularly spaced on the front faade. A narrow transom window is placed above the central front entry. The windows are modest in size and are composed of numerous small panes of glass. David McWain, the first European-American settler in Waterford, arrived here in 1775 and began acquiring land.

Senator John Holmes House, 1802 - Alfred, York County

Maine's first United States Senator, John Holmes built this Federal-style mansion on Main Street in Alfred. The house sits on a granite foundation, stands two stories high, and has a low hipped roof with a central chimney. The front facade is classically symmetrical with a central front entry vestibule under a two-story columned porch. At the time of Holmes residence here, the fifteen-room dwelling had two formal rooms with elaborate woodwork, a circular staircase in the front hall, and vaulted ceilings on the second floor.

Riverview House, 1796, 1832 - Vassalboro, Kennebec County

Outwardly unassuming, this house is thought to be one of the oldest in Vassalboro. The Farwell family built the house and many members are buried in a small family plot across Route 201 which is visible from the small dormer. The house remained in the Farwell family until the 1840s when it was conveyed to the Brown family. Several members of the Brown family served in the Maine State Legislature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

York Historic District - York, York County

Comprised of York Corner, York Village, and York Harbor, the York Historic District represents the town's evolution as a colonial trading center to a nineteenth-century tourist destination. The first European settlers arrived in York c.1630 and the village was centered on the northern bank of the York River. The town was incorporated in 1652, making it the second oldest town in Maine after Kittery. Like other towns, York experienced Native American attacks throughout the seventeenth century and was destroyed in the Raid on York in 1692.

Porter Old Meeting House, 1818 - Porter, Oxford County

Located nearly two miles north of Route 25 in rural Porter, the Old Meeting House is a two-story frame building that sits on a granite foundation. This structure, referred to as a church and a meetinghouse, served dual purposes over time - as religious sanctuary for congregations as well as for municipal purpose as a place for the townspeople to gather and make decisions for the future. The side-gabled roofed building is sheathed in clapboard siding and has a door on each end of the front faade. The interior is open with a three-sided gallery and original box pews.

Lord Mansion, c.1760, c.1801 - Kennebunk, York County

Built in the Federal style with a Colonial-era ell, the Lord Mansion is one of the many impressive homes along Summer Street. The hip-roofed ell is the oldest part of the house and was built by Jonathan Banks c.1760. It is two stories with clapboard siding and connects to a large barn through a smaller side ell. Jonas Clark, a local judge, bought the property in 1789 and built the main Federal-style structure. It is two stories tall with a flat roof, set back from the road. The symmetrical facade is faced in flush sheathing while the other elevations are clapboard sided.

Old German Church and Cemetery, 1772 - Waldoboro, Lincoln County

Located near the Medomak River, the Old German Church is a unique early church building with intact interior woodwork and graining. The two-story frame building sits on stone underpinnings and is sheathed in clapboard siding. It has one entry which is centered on the southern end. Inside, the lower floor has box pews and a raised polygonal pulpit with a sounding board above. The second-story gallery, which also contains box pews, is supported by pillars and wraps around the interior on three sides. German immigrants began settling the area during the 1750s.

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