Leonard Bond Chapman House, Additional Documentation Portland, 1866-68

In 1980 the Leonard Bond Chapman House in Portland Maine was placed in the National Register for its architectural significance, and for its association with Chapman, a nurseryman, newspaper editor and historian who concentrated on the history of Portland and the surrounding area. The house that he erected between 1866 and 1868 is a well-designed and well-preserved example of an Italianate structure with a distinctive porch, tower, and mansard roof.

Abyssinian Meeting House, Portland, 1828 - 1916

The former Abyssinian Meeting House is historically significant as the religious, educational, and cultural center for Portland?s nineteenth-century African American population. It is the earliest religious property associated with a black congregation in Maine (1828). The property also hosted a school for African American children, a residence for the minister, and may have been the site of a community spring or well. Prior to and during the Civil War members of the Abyssinian congregation were associated with abolitionist activities in Portland.

Kennebec Arsenal, Additional Documentation: Old Max, Augusta, 1905

The Kennebec Arsenal Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1970 in recognition of the site's military and industrial significance. The property was further recognized as a National Historic Landmark on February 16, 2000. Both listings concentrated on the 19th century function of the property as an military outpost. The intention of the recently approved additional documentation was to expand the period of significance and area of significance to reflect the importance of the 20th century use of this property.

High Street Historic District (Additional Documentation: Bok Amphitheatre), Camden, 1929

The Bok Amphitheatre at the Camden Library in Camden, Maine is a remarkable outdoor structure in which the landscape architect Fletcher Steele (1885-1971) deftly combined classical architectural forms with a local setting in a manner that set a new direction in modern landscape architecture. The amphitheatre, which is positioned behind the Colonial Revival style library, is sited primarily to maximize the views through the adjacent Camden Harbor Park to the Camden waterfront.

William F. Grant House, Vassalboro, c. 1850

In the middle of the nineteenth-century the village of North Vassalboro, Maine was a bourgeoning mill town. The North Vassalboro Woolen Manufacturing Company was building and expanding its production facilities, and stores, civic structures, and religious buildings were being constructed at a rapid rate. Mill-owned housing was being erected for the native and immigrant workers newly arriving in town. Among the bustle of activity a Scottish immigrant, William F.

Moody Mansion, East Pittston, 1890

The Moody Mansion in East Pittston is a dominant architectural presence in this small farming community in Kennebec County, Maine. Designed in 1890 for Leonard and Marianna Moody by the Parfitt Brothers architectural firm of Brooklyn, NY, the large, ornate and commanding Queen Anne Style house dwarfs the other village structures, both stylistically and physically. Leonard Moody was a native of East Pittston, who after moving to Brooklyn in 1869 flourished in the real estate business. The house he built in East Pittston was his summer home.

Everett Chambers, Portland, 1902-1955

The Everett Chambers is a five-story lodging house in Portland Maine, designed in the Colonial Revival style by Portland architect Frederick Tompson in 1902. It was originally constructed at three stories and was raised to five stories in 1926. The ground level contains five store fronts, while the upper four floors contain single-occupancy lodging rooms, currently used by students from the Maine College of Art.

George Ulmer House, Lincolnville, 1799-1812

The two-story, Federal style house located on the north bank of the Ducktrap River in Lincolnville is all that remains to testify to the micro-empire of George Ulmer, a once and future veteran, politician, and businessman, whose rapid rise to success after the American Revolution and rapid decline in fortunes in the first decade of the nineteenth century nonetheless had a lasting effect on the development of this section of mid-coast Maine.

Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial , Peaks Island, Portland, 1891-1956

The Eighth Maine Regiment Memorial building is a substantial and finely detailed Shingle Style structure erected in 1891 by the Civil War veterans of the 8th Maine Regiment. Designed by the architectural firm of Fassett and Tompson, the shore-side building is located on the south side of Peaks Island, an island in Casco Bay that is a part of the City of Portland, Maine. Originally constructed to serve as the location of annual reunions, the building presently functions as a memorial structure, museum, and lodging facility.

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