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Isaac Farrar Mansion

The Isaac Farrar Mansion, known for much of the 20th century as Symphony House, is a historic house at 166 Union Street in Bangor, Maine. Built in 1833, it was the first major commission of the noted 19th-century architect Richard Upjohn. Although it was built as a private residence, it was from 1929 to 1972 owned by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and was home to its music conservatory. It is now part of the Bangor YMCA. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Description and history The Farrar Mansion is set on the south side of Union Street (Maine State Route 222), at the southwest corner of 2nd Street on Bangor's west side. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building, three bays wide, with a truncated hip roof pierced by steeply pitched gable dormers. Although the styling of the building is predominantly Greek Revival, it has a number of Colonial Revival alterations from the early 20th century, including its front portico and the bay window above. Design of the house was commissioned by Isaac Farrar, a successful businessman who came to Bangor in 1836. It was the first major commission given to Richard Upjohn, whose early successes in Maine made possible his extensive career as one of the leading architects of the mid-19th century. The house shows that Upjohn was well conversant in the Greek Revival, although his best-known works are Gothic Revival. The house was a private residence until 1911, at which time it was acquired by the University of Maine Law School, which used it as a residency until 1929. In 1929 the Bangor Symphony Orchestra purchased the property, renamed it "Symphony House", and operated the Northern Conservatory of Music on the premises, also hosting the music branch of the Bangor Public Library. In 1972 the school closed, and the symphony sold the building the following year to the local YMCA, which now uses it as an exhibit and reception space. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine References
Straw House

The Straw House was a historic house, most recently a bed and breakfast inn called the Trebor Mansion Inn, at 11A Golda Court in Guilford, Maine. The elegant Queen Anne Victorian was built c. 1832, and extensively altered in the 1880s by David Straw to achieve its present appearance. An electrical fire in 2004 did extensive damage to the building, but it was largely restored to its 1880s appearance. Its walls featured artwork by the itinerant 19th-century artist Moses Eaton. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was destroyed by fire in 2019, and was delisted in 2020. Description and history The Straw House was located at a bend in Golda Court, a residential side street in the main village of Guilford, Maine. It was a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled slate roof, wraparound single-story porch, and three story octagonal tower with a conical slate roof. The walls were finished in a variety of materials including clapboards, decorative cut shingles, and half-timbering. The house was built c. 1830 by John Monroe, and was purchased in 1832 by David Straw, a lawyer who, along with his son David Jr., established one of Maine's first textile mills in 1865. Around 1836 Straw commissioned the itinerant artist Moses Eaton to add stenciled artwork to some of its walls. The building was greatly enlarged in 1894, at which time it acquired its Victorian features, including the tower. In 1976 the property was opened as the Trebor Mansion Inn. The house was damaged by a lightning-struck tree in 1991, and was virtually gutted by an electrically started fired on January 24, 2004. The restoration of the property to its original condition included fabrication of custom windows, and sourcing of slate for the roof from the same quarry that had provided the original. The Eaton stencilwork was discovered during restoration, and was conserved with assistance from the Maine Historical Society. The building was completely destroyed by a five-alarm fire on July 20, 2019. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine References
Fortunat O. Michaud House

The Fortunat O. Michaud is a historic house at 231 Main Street in Van Buren, Maine. Built in the 1910s by a local politician, it is the small community's most elaborate expression of Queen Anne architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Description and history The Michaud House is set at the southwest corner of Poplar and Main Streets (the latter is United States Route 1)., occupying a prominent elevated site just north of Van Buren's central business district. It has a two-story main block with a hip roof and a three-story round tower projecting from the northeast corner, and a broad porch that wraps around the front and north side. The tower is shingled on the third level (the rest of the house is finished in clapboards) and is capped by a domed roof. The single story porch is supported by Tuscan columns, and echoes the circular form of the tower as it wraps around it. On the north side, a gabled projection has a window set in a deeply-recessed lancet-arched opening. A gable-roofed ell extends to the rear from the main block. The interior of the house retains much original woodwork and styling. The house was built sometime between 1912 and 1917 by Fortunat O. Michaud, a former state legislator. The property was recorded as having a narrow house on it in 1911, which the rear ell may be all of part of; there is architectural evidence in the attic space supporting this idea. The house was sold out of the family by Michaud's daughter. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Aroostook County, Maine References
Skowhegan Free Public Library

The Skowhegan Free Public Library is the public library of Skowhegan, Maine. It is located at 9 Elm Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne brick building designed by Edwin E. Lewis and completed in 1890. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The library is managed by the Bloomfield Academy Trustees. Architecture and history The library is located on the north side of Elm Street, just west of its junction with Madison Avenue (United States Route 201), and overlooking the Kennebec River. The building is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, with asymmetrical massing characteristic of the Queen Anne period. Its main block has a hip roof, with a projecting gable section at the left side of the front (south-facing) facade, and an octagonal tower projecting forward from the right side of the facade, with then entrance between these two elements. An ell extends to the rear of the main block. The gable section has bands of three sash windows on both levels, with a large semicircular terra cotta panel above. The first-floor windows are in segmented-arch openings. The entrance is set in a terra-cotta arch, which was originally open but has since been closed in. The tower at the right has an entablature with terra cotta decoration below its octagonal pyramidal roof. The building's interior is of extremely high quality and preservation. It has ornate millwork, moldings, and stained glass, and includes furniture built to match the building's features. Wooden shelving is built into place between the floor and ceiling. The library was built in part due to the efforts and donations of native son Abner Coburn, who gave land and funding for its construction. The building was designed by Gardiner architect Edwin E. Lewis, and is one of Somerset County's finest non-residential Queen Anne buildings. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Maine References External links Skowhegan Free Public Library web site
Orono Post Office

The main Orono Post Office is located at 1 Bennoch Street in Orono, Maine. Built in 1933, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Orono Post Office is set on a triangular wedge-shaped lot at the northwest corner of Forest and Bennoch Streets, just off Orono's Main Street (United States Route 2). Oriented toward the junction, it is a T-shaped single-story brick and masonry structure with a flat roof and a balustraded parapet. The main facade is seven bays wide, five of which are in a central section that projects slightly. These central bays all feature round-arch openings, with the main entrance in the central one, and windows in the others. The outer two bays have rectangular openings filled with sash windows, topped by a keystone. The central section is flanked by stone pilasters. The interior lobby space of the building features terrazzo marble flooring, marble wainscoting and door trim, and plaster walls with dentil moulding at the cornice. Some of the interior is later 20th-century work, done to match existing original trim. The building was designed in 1932 by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, of the United States Treasury Department, and was completed in 1932. The construction drawings were prepared by a local firm, Stallworth and Davis, as part of an early program to expand job opportunities. Its lobby area underwent a major renovation in the 1980s which included the provision of new aluminum boxes. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine List of United States post offices References
Robyville Bridge

The Robyville Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Corinth, Maine. Built in 1876, this Howe truss bridge is one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It carries Covered Bridge Road across Kenduskeag Stream in the southern part of the rural community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and designated as a Maine Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2002. Description and history Kenduskeag Stream flows southeast across the rural town of Corinth en route to the Penobscot River at Bangor. The Robyville area of the town was for many years the site of sawmills, possibly dating to the community's early settlement in the late 18th century. It is unknown how many bridges may have stood at or near this location prior to the construction of this bridge in 1876. The Robyville Bridge is oriented roughly north-south across the stream. It is a single-span structure 76 feet (23 m) long, with a portal clearance of 14 feet (4.3 m) and a total structure height of 16 feet (4.9 m). It is set on abutments fashioned out of large rough-cut granite blocks; the southern abutment has been reinforced in the 20th century with concrete. The bridge's trusses are a modified Howe truss, in which the king posts near the center of the span have been doubled, and some of the cross braces have also been doubled. Crossbeams join the trusses below the roadbed, which is built out of stringers that parallel the bed, planking running side to side, and a pair of spaced wheel runways. The bridge's walls are clad in wooden shingles, and its roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The bridge is open to traffic, and received major rehabilitation in 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine References
Madrid Village Schoolhouse

The Madrid Village Schoolhouse is a historic community building on Reeds Mill Road in the center of the disincorporated township of Madrid, Maine. Built c. 1872, it is the least-altered surviving district school building of twelve originally built in the community. In the later years of the 20th century the school was used for town meetings and offices prior to the town's disincorporation in 2000. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Description and history The schoolhouse is a single story wood frame structure, three bays wide, with a gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a rubblestone foundation. The main facade, facing east, has a central window flanked by two doorways, with a second window centered in the gable end. The doors and windows have simple trim. A remnant of a vertical flag pole extends upward from the upper window to the ridge line just below the small bell tower. The building is set on a sloping lot, exposing the basement in the rear, and there is a two-story ell there, which provides pit toilet facilities for the building. The two entries lead into separate vestibules, which lead into a single large chamber, which takes up the rest of the main block. These rooms are finished with horizontal pine wainscoting, and 20th-century wooden floors. Original blackboards are found on two walls. The basement of the building has modern finishes. The town of Madrid was settled in 1807 and incorporated in 1836. Its population peaked around 1860, at which time it had seven school districts and twelve schools. The property on which this building is believed to stand was sold to the town in 1872, and it is presumed that the school was built on it not long after (there is no evidence of other relevant property acquisitions by the town in the vicinity). The building was the last of the town's schools, operating until 1959. It was thereafter used as town hall, housing offices and the town polling station. The town disincorporated in 2000, and the building is now maintained by the Madrid Historical Society. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Maine References
Old Post Office (Augusta, Maine)

The Old Post Office and Court House is a historic former federal government building at 295 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1886–1890, it is one of Maine's finest surviving examples of Romanesque Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Design and construction The former Post Office and Court House stands on the east side of Water Street, Augusta's principal commercial downtown thoroughfare, at the southeast corner with Winthrop and Front Streets. It is a symmetrical 2-1/2 story granite structure with a central tower, flanked on either side by a wall and smaller tower. It was designed by Mifflin E. Bell (1846–1904), the Supervising Architect for the U.S. Treasury. Bell's term ended July 1887, and his successor William Alfred Freret finished the job, and the building opened in January 1890. The cost of construction was $178,281.20. It contained 427,600 cubic feet, was heated by steam, and contained a hydraulic freight elevator for post office use. The building was enlarged sometime during the tenure of treasury architect James Knox Taylor (1897 to mid-1912). History The building was used as a courthouse and post office until the 1960s, when a new, larger federal building was constructed for these uses. The Old Post Office was sold as surplus property to a private owner. It was adaptively repurposed to house a bank, restaurant, and office, while largely preserving the exterior. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References External links NRHP Nomination Form
Old Post Office

The Old Post Office and Court House es un antiguo edificio histórico del gobierno federal en 295 Water Street en el centro de Augusta, Maine. Construido en 1886-1890, es uno de los mejores ejemplos sobrevivientes de la arquitectura del renacimiento románico de Maine. Fue incluido en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1974.​ Diseño se encuentra en el lado este de Water Street, la principal vía comercial del centro de Augusta, en la esquina sureste con las calles Winthrop y Front. Es una estructura simétrica de granito de dos pisos y medio con una torre central, flanqueada a ambos lados por un muro y una torre más pequeña. Historia Fue diseñado por Mifflin E. Bell (1846-1904), arquitecto supervisor del Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos. El mandato de Bell terminó en julio de 1887, y su sucesor, William Alfred Freret, terminó el trabajo y el edificio se inauguró en enero de 1890.​ El costo de construcción fue de $178.281,20. Contenía 427,600 pies cúbicos, se calentaba con vapor y contenía un montacargas hidráulico para uso de la oficina de correos.​ Se amplió en algún momento durante el mandato del arquitecto de tesorería James Knox Taylor (1897 hasta mediados de 1912).​ Se utilizó como juzgado y oficina de correos hasta la década de 1960, cuando se construyó un nuevo edificio federal más grande para estos usos. La Antigua Oficina de Correos se vendió como propiedad excedente a un propietario privado. Se adaptó para albergar un banco, un restaurante y una oficina, conservando en gran medida el exterior.​ Referencias
Zebulon Smith House

The Zebulon Smith House is a historic house at 55 Summer Street in Bangor, Maine. Built in 1832, it is one of the two oldest houses (along with the Charles Q. Clapp House in Portland) in the state of Maine to be built with a Greek Revival temple front. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Description and history The Smith House is set on the northwest side of Summer Street, between it and Main Street (United States Route 202), overlooking Bangor's historic waterfront area. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story structure, with brick side walls, a matchboarded front facade, and clapboarded rear. It has a roof with the gable oriented toward the front, projecting over the front facade with four large fluted Ionic columns supporting it and an entablature. The gable end is fully pedimented, and is detailed with dentil moulding. A semi-oval fanlight window is located in the center of the recessed tympanum at the gable's center. The front facade behind this temple front has pilasters at the corner and dividing its three bays, with its center entrance flanked by sidelight windows. The side walls are essentially identical, each with a pair of brick chimneys rising above. The house was built in 1832 for Zebulon Smith, about whom nothing is known; it is surmised that he was a substantial businessman, given the grandeur of the house. The house is, along with the Charles Q. Clapp House (also built in 1832 in Portland), one of the first temple-fronted houses in the state. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine References
Robert and Louisa Traip House

The Robert and Louisa Traip House is a historic house at 2 Wentworth Street (Maine State Route 103) in Kittery, Maine. Built about 1839, it is a rare statewide example of a Greek Revival house with colonnaded sides. Robert Traip, its first owner, was one of Kittery's wealthiest men at the time. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Description and history The Traip House is set in the village of Kittery Foreside, on the east side of Wentworth Street, between Traip Avenue and Walker Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, flushboard and clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The roof is capped by a small octagonal cupola. A two-story porch extends across the front and partially along both sides of the house, supported by fluted Doric columns. An entablature extends around the building just below the roof, and the front gable is fully pedimented, with a pair of sash windows in the center. The area under the porch is finished in flushboard, while that outside is clapboarded. The buildings corners are accentuated by pilasters. The interior retains original Greek Revival door and window trim. The land on which the house was built was purchased in 1838 by Robert Traip, and the house is presumed to have been built on it soon afterward. The house is the one of only two known in the state from the Greek Revival period to have a three-sided two-story colonnade. Traip, member of a locally prominent family, is described in surviving records as a "gentleman", with a net worth in excess of $20,000. One of Kittery's wealthiest residents, he bequested funds for the establishment of a local academy. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References
Charlotte Pound

The Charlotte Pound is a historic animal pound on Charlotte Road in Charlotte, Maine. Built in 1872 out of logs on a stone foundation, it is the only documented wooden pound in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Description and history The Charlotte Pound is located on the north side of Charlotte Road, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of its junction with Maine State Route 214. It is an octagonal structure, each side measuring about 18 feet (5.5 m). It has a cobbled stone foundation, and is constructed out of stacked cedar logs, the ends at each joint overhanging by about 1 foot (0.30 m), with half-round notches as joinery. Metal rods have been driven through each joint. Seven of the sides are seven logs in height, while the side facing south-southeast has eight. That side also has the entrance to the structure, in which the center six logs have been fastened via tenons to vertical posts, and a wooden gate mounted in the opening. The upper and lower logs of this side run over and under the gate. The town of Charlotte was incorporated in 1825, but the early settlers of the area had in 1822 already funded maintenance of a pound on one farmer's property. A formal wooden structure was authorized in 1826, and this structure (not at the site of either of the two previous structures) was authorized in 1872. The office of pound keeper was maintained by the town into the 1920s, after which the structure was abandoned. In 1988 interest in the now-deteriorated structure was revived, and it underwent a restoration in which about 40% of its logs were replaced. It is the only known wooden pound in the state; the other that are documented are all stone construction. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine References
Portland Head Light

p4 Portland Head Light ist der älteste Leuchtturm des US-amerikanischen Bundesstaates Maine. Bereits 1787 begann die Errichtung des Bauwerks südlich der Hafenstadt Portland, die aber nach kurzer Zeit aufgrund mangelnder Finanzierung abgebrochen wurde. Der erste Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika stellte 1789 1.500 Dollar zur Fertigstellung des Leuchtturms zur Verfügung. Nach der 1790 erfolgten Fertigstellung bestimmte George Washington Captain Joseph Greenleaf zum ersten Leuchtturmwärter. Der ursprünglich 72 ft. (ca. 20 m) hohe, aus Feldsteinen errichtete Turm wurde 1813 um etwa ein Drittel gekürzt. Nach dem Untergang des Ozeandampfers Bohemian 1864 an der Küste von Cape Elizabeth mit 20 Todesopfern folgte eine Generalüberholung, nach 70 Jahren eine weitere Abtragung. Der Protest von Anwohnern führte dazu, dass diese zweite Abtragung rückgängig gemacht wurde; die Rekonstruktion erfolgte diesmal mittels Ziegelbaustein. Heute ist der Turm 80 ft. (ca. 23 m) hoch und sendet in einer Höhe von 101 ft. (ca. 28 m) oberhalb des Meeresspiegels weißes Licht aus. Die Stadt Cape Elizabeth betreibt im 1891 errichteten Haus des Leuchtturmwärters ein Museum, welches von Mitte April bis Mitte Dezember Ausstellungsstücke zur Geschichte des Leuchtturms zeigt. Am 24. April 1973 wurde der Leuchtturm als Baudenkmal in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen. Im Jahr 2002 folgte der Eintrag in die List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks durch die American Society of Civil Engineers. Portland Head Light ist umgeben vom Fort Williams Park. Seit 1998 ist er Zielpunkt des Beach to Beacon 10K, eines Straßenlaufs, dessen Startpunkt der Crescent Beach State Park ist. Weblinks Website des Portland Head Lighthouse (englisch) Einzelnachweise