Biddeford / Saco Mills Historic District, Biddeford and Saco, 1832-1958

The Biddeford/Saco Mills Historic District is a cohesive collection of historic manufacturing buildings situated on roughly 38 acres of land flanking the Saco River. There are 42 contributing resources within the district limits, each associated with one of four distinct manufacturers: the York Manufacturing Company in Saco; the Saco Water Power Company; Laconia Company; and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford.

Wing Family Cemetery, Wayne, 1867

At the time of the 1991 registration little was known regarding the history of the Wing Family Cemetery, established in 1867. Since then, the Wayne Historical Society has conducted ongoing research into both the Wing family and the Wing Cemetery. Significant to this effort was the 2002 donation of a collection of letters, account books, deeds, bills and receipts dating between 1837 and 1864 which had been saved by Llewellyn Wing (1817 ? 1881) of Maine. Among the papers was a roll marked ?Wing Cemetery Record.?

Main Street - Frye Street Historic District, Lewiston, 1843 - 1956

The Main Street-Frye Street Historic District is a residential neighborhood of 47 contributing and five non-contributing, 19th and 20th century buildings. The district includes both sides of the one block Frye Street, a contiguous stretch along Main Street at the west end of Frye Street, and a contiguous stretch along College Street at the east end of Frye Street. The Historic District lies just north of the Lewiston business district and adjoins the Bates College campus.

Bailey Island Library Hall, Harpswell, 1912 - 1958

Bailey Island Library Hall is the most noteworthy and visible 20th century architectural landmark on this island community in the Town of Harpswell. Located on the main road through the village, the building was commissioned in 1909 and erected three years later by the Bailey Island Library Association, a mixture of year round and summer residents, to serve as a social hall and lending library.

Kent Burying Ground, Fayette, 1880 - 1892

Developed shortly after 1880 by Elias H. Kent, a successful local farmer, the Kent Burying Ground is among the most unusual rural burying grounds in the State of Maine. The site is located in the Kennebec County town of Fayette, in a small settlement known as Fayette Corners. Occupying just .35 of an acre, the raised burial ground is notable for its design in which concentric rings of burial plots are organized around a central monument, characteristics which it shares with the nearby, national Register listed Wing Cemetery in Wayne.

Lagassey Farm, St. Agatha, 1892 - 1958

The Lagassey Farm is a 162 acre property in Saint Agatha. The land was homesteaded by the Lagassey family starting in the mid-nineteenth century, and has been in their possession ever since. The long lot property contains approximately 91 acres of fields which have been historically sown to potatoes, hay, oats, and canola, 64 acres of wood lots, and the home site. The buildings within this small district include the 1946 Lagassey House, the 1916 Acadian-style Barn, a pre-1916 Acadian-style outbuilding, and a shed that was once part of the former, nineteenth-century farm house.

Capt. John Plummer House, Addison, 1842 - 1865

The house that Captain John T. Plummer first constructed circa 1842 was all but indistinguishable from the two houses north of his on Pleasant Street: all three were one story, side gable, five bay braced frame structures almost identical in terms of massing and plan. All three were essentially vernacular structures that featured Greek Revival style decorative central doors framed by almost identical sets of sidelights and top lights and ornamented with narrow pilasters and capitals.

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