Merriconeag Grange is a vernacular building that has been, and continues to serve, as an important social and community center in Harpswell, Maine. It was built in 1918 by members of the Merriconeag Grange #425, established 1903, on the foundation of their former hall which burned in 1912.
The Walking Man Sign in the Duck Pond Village section of Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine was built in 1962 along US 302 to advertise a nearby television repair and sales business. The Populuxe style sign is a good example of large, mechanized and illuminated roadside advertising designed to be visible to the fast moving automobile traffic of its day.
The former Town Office and Jail are located in Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine. The small town is located in heavily wooded northern Maine in a relatively sparsely settled area. The building is locally significant under Criteria A for its association with town government. The building represents the small community's response to the loss by fire of the previous town office and many associated town records. The decorative concrete block and poured concrete construction ensured preservation of town records, and provided secure holding cells for local law enforcement.
The Singhi Double House, built in 1891, is a good example of a modest, Queen Anne Style double house located in the Knox County town of Rockland, Maine. The two-family dwelling with mirrored elevations and floor plans is a late example of a large number of double houses that were built in Rockland between 1837 and the early twentieth century. By 1912 over 125 double houses were erected in Rockland - almost 10 percent of the city's residential building stock and they ran the gamut from small, vernacular capes to architect designed high-style dwellings with significant square footage.
The Mt. Merici Historic District, which includes the Ursuline Motherhouse Convent, adjoining Mt. Merici Academy, Ursuline Sister's Cemetery, related site features, and two modern buildings is located on the outskirts of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. The district is locally significant under National Register Criterion A in the area of Education and under Criterion C in the area of Architecture. The period of significance runs from 1954, when the current Mt. Merici Academy building was constructed, to 1967, when the convent was constructed.
Mt. Battie Tower overlooks downtown Camden, Knox County, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The Rustic Style granite tower is an open shelter and viewing platform in Camden Hills State Park. While the tower was dedicated as a memorial to World War I service men and women, it was also designed as a viewing platform atop Mt. Battie replacing a former wood viewing tower. The tower is eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion A for Recreation/Entertainment. Travel to the top of Mt.
The Boarding House and Storehouse at Churchill Depot are located in T10 R12 WELS an unincorporated township in northern Piscataquis County, Maine. The two buildings are the remnants of a logging base camp around Churchill Dam on the Allagash River. The property is now part of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. The Boarding House is significant under Criterion C Architecture as a distinct building type. Such a communal building is central to any logging camp as combination housing, kitchen, dining hall and administrative center.
The United Baptist Church is located in the village center of Charleston, Penobscot County, Maine. The gable front Queen Anne style church is significant at the local level under Criterion C for its distinctive architectural plan. The building represents a locally unusual auditorium style plan which incorporates elements of Akron Plan design. The 1830 church was altered in 1892 to create a two-story building, add an octagonal tower, and create a flexible meeting space in an auditorium style design.
Tiffany Chapel is located in the northern portion of Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine. The gable front chapel with minimal stylistic detail is significant at the local level under Criterion C for its architecture which reflects modest rural church architecture of the late nineteenth century. The building is named for the nearby hill and road which take their name from a local farm family. The chapel represents a typical mid-to-late-nineteenth century building type employed by Methodist and other evangelical denominations as they expanded and established new congregations.
The Lewiston Commercial Historic District is significant under National Register Criterion A in the areas of Community Planning, Commerce, Communication, Education and Entertainment and Recreation. Lewiston was a planned city, designed and developed by the Lewiston Water Power Company to support their industrial development of the water power of the Androscoggin River. The district was planned as the city's primary commercial district, located between the mills and residential neighborhoods.