The Seven Star Grange # 73 is a building which has served the community of Troy for 135 years. The hall was built by members of the Grange in 1876 to serve as their meeting hall, only three years after the first Grange was established in Maine. Throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries the Grange, or Patron?s of Husbandry, was an important social and fraternal organization with an emphasis on agricultural education. Its influence was widespread ?

Located in a quiet residential neighborhood in Lewiston, Maine the Philip M. and Deborah N. Isaacson House is often mistaken for a private tennis court or enclosed swimming pool. The facade of the home, elevated on a level terrace, presents to the street a wall of vertical redwood siding, broken only at the corners by elongated frosted-glass panels and in the middle by an open portal with a white wooden frame.

In 1906 the Vermont native, Russell W. Porter, purchased 50 acres of mostly undeveloped land on Marshall Point, in Port Clyde village, town of Saint George, Maine. In the early 1890s Russell had studied art with marine painter Charles H. Woodbury and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received two gold medals for his Beaux Arts architectural designs and helped design an exhibit for the 1893 Columbian exposition in Chicago. Between then and 1906 he joined no less than nine exploratory Arctic-region expeditions as artist and surveyor, including Robert E.

The ?Barn on Lot 8, Range G? is an English style barn modified in plan to provide for additional livestock, equipment and feed storage. Built circa 1825, the older part of this two-section barn exhibits a hewn timber frame, complex joinery fastened with pegs, and a traditional three-bay plan with center aisle. Before the end of the century a two-bent addition was erected on the west, gable-end wall. Constructed of scribe-ruled sawn timber, but utilizing similar joinery, the new section of the barn increased the footprint of the building from about 1500 to 2400 square feet.

The former Kennebunk High School is a two-and-a-half story flat roofed Colonial Revival brick building 100 feet long and 65 feet wide with a projection in the rear of 20 feet by 37 feet for the gymnasium. Constructed in 1921-1922, with Mid-Century Modern additions in 1954 and 1962, the school is located in a residential neighborhood in the York County town of Kennebunk. Designed by the Boston architecture firm of Hutchins and French, the 1921-1922 building retains integrity of location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling and association.

On April 24, 1980 the Waterford Historic District was entered into the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance. The district, located on the shores of Keoka Lake in southern Oxford County, is comprised of a discreet cluster of residential, commercial and civic buildings erected between 1797 and 1939, with the majority of the buildings dating to the 19th century. Essentially encompassing the nucleated village of Waterford Flat, the district recognized the twenty seven properties for their architectural significance under Criterion C.

Located in the eastern Oxford County town of Buckfield, the Ezekiel Courtney and Mariam Irish Record Homestead is a good example of transitional Federal/Greek Revival style residential architecture and, with its ell, shed and barn, of the connected farmstead form developed in Western Maine in the 19th century. The story-and-a-half Cape Cod style house with recessed entry, massive pilasters, thick frieze and full cornice returns represents a bold vernacular adaptation of high-style Greek Revival trim.

The Bates Mill Historic District is a significant complex of industrial buildings dedicated to textile manufacturing within the city of Lewiston, Maine. The historic district contains the remaining 15 buildings, 11 structures, 1 object, and 2 sites associated with the Bates Mill, which first went into production in 1852. The historic district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance in part for its industrial significance, as a property associated with the production of cotton and wool textiles, and specialty cloths for over a century.

The Jonesboro Grange #357 is a one-and-one-half story ,wood framed, community center and meeting hall, located on Route 1 in the small Washington County town of Jonesboro. Typical of many grange buildings, the structure contains a large meeting room and anteroom on the first floor, a balcony over the vestibule, and dining and kitchen facilities in the basement. The hall was built by members of the Grange between 1908 and1910 to serve the local members of the Patrons of Husbandry, an important fraternal organization with roots in 19th century agricultural reform.

The former Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse was one of the first new firehouses constructed after the City of Deering was annexed by the City of Portland on February 2, 1899. During this period the Portland Fire Department reorganized, and this building reflects both their commitment to the Deering area and the increasing professionalism of the fire service.