Sea Change is a small complex of buildings and structures located in the ocean-side community of Northeast Harbor, part of the town of Mount Desert. The property contains five residential buildings, a workshop and a subterranean bomb shelter with dates of construction that range from the 1880s through 2005. The earliest buildings, Cabins 1, 2, and 3 and the caretaker?s house were originally erected in the 1880s to accompany a large Shingle Style cottage. In 1944 this cottage was removed and by 1947 a stunning modernist house, designed by the architect Walter K.

As Maine communities began to lose their frontier aspects in the 19th century and assume a more settled countenance, rudimentary civic improvements were initiated. Among these improvements in the largely agricultural world of rural Maine were those concerned with the regulation of the livestock. To control the problem of loose cattle, hogs, or sheep towns constructed open air shelters, known as pounds or cattle pounds, to temporarily corral wayward animals. At least 33 of these structures are extant in Maine, and the condition of each varies from almost unrecognizable to good.

The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is a one-story Colonial Revival style brick structure located in the village of Bernard in the Hancock County town of Tremont. Constructed in 1922 from plans by native son Charles Lawson, the east facing structure is set on a small grassy village lot near the center of the village. The Library was constructed with funds donated by Rhoda M. Watson, a former resident of the community, in memory of her husband Edwin L. Watson, a successful industrialist.

The (Former) Maine Central Railroad Passenger Depot in Brooks, Maine is a well preserved example of a type of railroad building that was once common in Maine. Erected in 1892 by the Maine Central Railroad (MEC), the Queen Anne style depot is located alongside the tracks of the Belfast and Moosehead Railroad, the rail line that the MEC leased between 1870 and 1925.

The Harbor Lane-Eden Street Historic District is a compact 20 acre neighborhood that contains one of the last concentrations of architect designed historic summer cottages in Bar Harbor, Maine. Between the end of the Civil War and the start of the Great Depression, Bar Harbor was one of the most popular seasonal destinations for elite society from the Mid-Atlantic through the Great Lakes.

The Elms is one of a number of elegant and stylish Second Emprire style houses that were built in Houlton in the 1870s, but it may be the only one that is an elegant and stylish example of Craftsman style as well. The single family wood frame house is located on a broad, treelined street that leads toward the Aroostook County governmental buildings two blocks to the east.

Surrounded by hundreds of acres of agricultural fields on the outskirts of the town of Houlton, the Donovan and Hussey Farms provide a visually striking image. Facing each other across the road, the two properties contain similarly looking large gambrel roof barns and nicely composed early twentieth century houses. Together they form, and inform, a distinctive image of the region?s agricultural history.

Located on the top of Stearns Hill in the Oxford County town of West Paris, Stearns Hill Farm is a collection of agricultural and residential buildings, fields, stone walls and working landscape that has been farmed by members of the Stearns family since 1818. This small historic district includes a connected residential complex, a notable example of a high-drive bank barn, and a field system that has evolved over time as the farm shifted from diversified agriculture to a tighter focus on dairy farming.

Located on a broad rolling plain at the northern edge of the town of Westfield, the Beecher H. Duncan Farm is a good example of a type of family farm that was established in Aroostook County in the early 20th century. The small collection of agricultural and residential buildings and fields were established by the Beecher family at a time when agricultural enterprises, especially the cultivation of potatoes, were rapidly developing, and large amounts land was available for sale.

Constructed by 1872 the District No. 5 School is the best example of the remaining one-room educational facilities in Alfred. Located in the settlement of North Alfred, the schoolhouse and woodshed/outhouse is situated on a grassy lot surrounded on three sides by stone walls at the northern edge of the rural village. Last used as a school in 1921, the District #5 School has also functioned as a domestic residence, club house and community hall through the 1990s.