Rumford Falls Paper Company Historic District

Criterion A: Industry

Criterion A: Community Planning & Development

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1893-1936

Local Level of Significance

The Rumford Falls Paper Company mill complex located in the town of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, is significant under National Register Criterion A in the area of Industry, being the earliest manufacturing complex in the town which was created to utilize the waterpower at the falls. Paper manufacturing has been the primary industry throughout the history of the town.

Rumford Center Meeting House

Criterion A: Politics/Government and Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance: 1828-1974

Local Level of Significance

Rumford Center Meeting House in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine is a large one-story, gable front, timber framed building which is significant under Criterion A for its association with local governmental functions and as an important entertainment and social hall for the community. The 1828 building served as both a religious and political center. Active church use ended ca.

Rangeley Lakes Country Club Historic District

Criterion A: Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance: 1924-1973

Local Level of Significance

The Rangeley Lakes Country Club Historic District in Rangeley, Maine is locally significant under the National Register of Historic Places Criterion A, in the area of entertainment/recreation. The district attains significance for its association with the development of tourism in Rangeley, one of Maine's most popular sporting and recreation destinations from the mid-19th century to the present.

Village School at Puddle Dock

Criterion A: Education

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1874-1962

Local Level of Significance

Village School at Puddle Dock is located in the north of Alna, Lincoln County, Maine. The gable front vernacular schoolhouse is significant at the local level under Criterion A for its association with patterns of rural education and under Criterion C for its distinctive architectural characteristics of a one room rural schoolhouse.

Gilead Railroad Station

Criterion C: Architecture

Criterion Consideration B: Moved property

Period of Significance: 1851

Local Level of Significance

The Gilead Railroad Station was built in 1851 during the construction of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad in Gilead, Oxford County, Maine. The building is the oldest extant station associated with the Grand Trunk Railroad which leased the Atlantic and St. Lawrence line and is the oldest known railroad station in Maine. The small two room building is a utilitarian construction typical of early stations.

Webb River Grange

Criterion A: Social History, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government

Period of Significance: 1904-1974

Local Level of Significance

Webb River Grange is a vernacular building that has been and continues to be an important social and community center in Carthage, Franklin County, Maine. It was built in 1904 by members of the Webb River Grange #108, established 1876. They met in other buildings until 1904 when they built the current grange building.

Summer Street Block

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1850

Local Level of Significance

The Summer Street Block from 1850 is a two and one-half story frame building designed with Greek Revival style detailing. It is located in downtown Biddeford, York County, Maine and sits at the prominent intersection of Summer Street and Alfred Street, the latter being one of the principal commercial streets in the city.

Camp NEOFA

Criterion A: Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1958-1985

Local Level of Significance

Camp NEOFA in Montville, Waldo County, Maine is a coed children's summer camp started in 1958 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). Twenty-eight buildings and structures make up the 35-acre property which hosts eight- to fourteen-year-old campers during the summer. The camp is surrounded by primarily pine woods on Trues Pond where campers are provided a rustic Maine summer camp experience.

Washington Park Historic District

Criterion A: Social History, Community Planning and Development

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1917-1920

Local Level of Significance

The Washington Park Historic District in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine is significant at the local level for its association with World War I defense housing. The war in Europe both before and after the United States' entry created an increased demand for ship building in Bath.

Hasey's Maine Stages Building

Criterion A: Transportation

Criterion C: Architecture

Period of Significance: 1945-1953

Local Level of Significance

Hasey's Maine Stages Building at 490 Broadway in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places for local significance under Criterion A for association with transportation. The building served as a bus garage and terminal for Haseys Maine Stages, Inc. from 1945 until 1953.

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