South Berwick, in southwestern York County was settled in 1624 and contains almost 14,000, mostly rural and suburban acres. Although not the location of the earliest homes, mills and farms, the densest concentration of commercial, civic and residential buildings are now found in South Berwick village proper, which is located just inland of the Salmon Falls River in the northwest corner of the town. The village developed over the course of a century and a half from 1774 through the mid-twentieth century and contains residential homes and commercial and civic buildings.

The Biddeford Main Street Historic District encompasses the half-mile long portion of Main Street that lies between Elm and Water streets in downtown Biddeford and which served as the primary commercial business district for the region from the mid-nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. The buildings retain many of their original design features, and comprise a visually cohesive grouping of commercial buildings constructed between 1846 and 1952.

The Isaie and Scholastique Martin House in Madawaska Maine is a well preserved example of an Acadian log house built following traditional, regional techniques. Isaie Martin was the grandson of Francois Martin who, as an 11 year-old, was one of the Acadians deported from Port Royal in Nova Scotia in 1755. Francois Martin and his family were later among the first families to settle in the Saint John River Valley between the Madawaska and Green Rivers, in an area that is still today heavily characterized by Acadian culture and traditions. Most of Francois?

The two-masted Auxiliary Schooner Bagheera is a trophy-winning cruising yacht with a noteworthy racing record, designed by the master naval architect John G. Alden, and built at one of Maine?s well known East Bootbay wooden shipyards. Constructed in 1924 for the scientist Marion Eppley, the yacht was one of two wooden vessels built simultaneously by the shipyard following Alden?s Design # 226 for a 55 ? foot Auxillery Schooner with a gasoline engine and gaff rig. Originally named Beacon Rock and homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, the vessel was sold in 1928 to Robert P.

The Cape Arundel Golf Club on the northeast bank of the Kennebunk River in Kennebunkport is among the oldest surviving golf clubs in Maine. The golf course was first established in 1896 as the Kennebunkport Golf Club and reorganized four years later as the Arundel Golf Club. The club house was designed by Prosper L. Senat in 1900, and the first nine holes were laid out by Alexander H. Findley, a professional golfer from Scarsdale, New York. The course was thoroughly redesigned, and expanded to eighteen holes, by the noted golf architect Walter J.

The Sanford Mills Historic District is a cohesive collection of historic manufacturing buildings that formerly comprised the main mill yard of the Sanford Mills Company. The seven and a half acre district contains fourteen contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and one non-contributing structure. The contributing resources include eight wood, brick, or concrete mill buildings, two office buildings, a channeled water body with two bridges and several ancillary buildings.

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.