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Eegonos

Eegonos, known more recently as East of Eden, is a historic summer estate house at 145 Eden Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. Built in 1910 to a design by Boston architect Guy Lowell, it is one of a small number of summer houses to escape Bar Harbor's devastating 1947 fire, which resulted in the destruction of many such buildings. It is an architecturally sophisticated expression of Beaux Arts and Mediterranean Revival styles, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history Eegonos is set on the shore of Frenchman Bay, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bar Harbor's center. It is a 2+1⁄2-story H-shaped structure, with a central block flanked by projecting sections on each side. The southeastern section has a single-story porch, supported by paired Ionic columns, extending across much of its width. The building is of masonry construction with a stucco finish, and is topped by a red tile roof. The roofs of the side sections are hipped, while the central section has a side-gable roof pierced by four hip-roof dormers on both the land and ocean sides. The interiors are elegantly appointed, with a marble-floored vestibule, fireplaces finished in marble and wood, and ceilings with decorative friezes and medallions. The building has seen only modest alterations since its construction. The first summer house built on this property was called "Sonogee", and was destroyed by fire within two years of its construction. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Ladd commissioned the noted Boston architect Guy Lowell to design the present building, which was completed in 1910. They called it "Eegonos", reversing the spelling of the previously named estate. The property was described in an architectural journal in 1910, along with another Lowell commission, Eden Hall, a performance hall in Bar Harbor which burned down in the 1947 fire. The house remained in the Ladd family until 1949, and was used as dormitory housing for a French language school from 1959 to 1975. Since 1975 the house has been owned by various private individuals and groups. In 2020 USA Today listed the property as the grandest house in Maine. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine List of Gilded Age mansions in Maine References
Embden Town House

The Embden Town House is a historic civic building at Cross Town Road, near Perkins Road, in Embden, Maine. Built in 1848, it continues to be used for town meetings and other civic functions, although town offices are now located in a more modern facility at 809 Embden Pond Road. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history The Embden Town House is set in a clearing on the north side of Cross Town Road, just east of its junction with Perkins Road, in Embden, Maine. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof and wooden clapboard and shingle siding. Its main facade, facing southeast, is five bays wide, with a center entry and four twelve-over-eight sash windows with operable shutters. The side gabled elevations have single windows at the center; the western one also has a brick flue. The rear wall is asymmetrical, with a small privy built onto the northwestern corner, and three bays of windows, the center one placed higher than the others. Decorative styling is limited to a simple box cornice. The interior has seen relatively little alteration despite its many years of civic use. The walls are finished with plaster above wainscoting, some of which appears to hold very old paint. Benches are arrayed around the southern, western and eastern walls, and the center of the northern wall has a podium and seating area for the town selectmen. Voting booths are attached to the northwest portion of the rear wall. These, along with the tongue-and-groove wooden ceiling, are 20th-century modifications. Embden was settled in 1779 and incorporated in 1804. For many years town meetings were held in private residences and school buildings, and in 1832 discussion began about construction of a town meeting space. This debate did not reach fruition until 1847, when the town authorized funding for construction. The present building was constructed by Elisha Walker in 1848; he was paid $250.15. The building continues to be used for town functions, although it is no longer a polling place. The building was moved a short distance onto a new foundation in 1991. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Maine References
Jean-Baptiste Daigle House

The Jean-Baptiste Daigle House is a historic house at 4 Dubé Street in Fort Kent, Maine. Built c. 1840, it is a rare surviving example of an Acadian log house, and the only one known to be near its original location. It was built by one of a father-son pair, each named Jean-Baptiste Daigle, and moved a short distance about 20 years after its construction. It is now covered by weatherboard siding, obscuring its log structure. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Description and history The Daigle House is a rectangular structure, 1+1⁄2 stories in height, set at the northeast corner of Dubé Street and East Main Street (United States Route 1) in Fort Kent. Its exterior is finished in Masonite siding, and it has a side-gable roof with a single brick chimney projecting near the center of the roofline. The front (west-facing) facade is symmetrical, with a center entry flanked by pairs of sash windows. The entry is sheltered by a gable-roofed porch. The side walls have two windows on each level, and a louver in the attic. The rear has a small projecting gable-roof ell, and the back door is an original thick batten door. The interior generally follows a central hall plan, providing access to four rooms on the first floor and stairs to the second floor. The second floor has a single bedroom on the south side, and a large unfinished open area to the north, in which the house's log construction is exposed. Interior finishes vary, but notably include original wide pine flooring and exposed log structure in the downstairs northwest room. The construction method used to build the house is a traditional Acadian piece sur piece method, in which sawn logs are place one atop the other, set in a post-and-beam frame which supports the roof. This method is distinct from other construction methods seen in the region, including those used by early English settlers and later 19th-century Swedish immigrants. The place where the Daigles owned their land was in territory disputed between Massachusetts (which Maine was part of prior to its 1820 statehood) and New Brunswick. This dispute was resolved with the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which established the Saint John River as the border in the Fort Kent area. The Daigles had owned land in this area since at least 1790, when they were given a British grant. Various records ascribe different construction dates to this house, ranging from 1839 to 1844, the latter being the year of the younger Jean-Baptiste's marriage. The house remained in the hands of Daigle's descendants until 2007, when it was transferred to the Fort Kent Historical Society. The society is preparing the house for use as a museum. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Aroostook County, Maine References
Island Falls Opera House

The Island Falls Opera House is a historic multipurpose building at the junction of Old Patten Road, Burleigh Street and Sewall Street in the center of the small town of Island Falls, Maine. Built in 1894, the building included retail, performance, and residential spaces, and is a type of building that was once common and is now rare in rural Maine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Until recently the building sat vacant and unused. Since the sale of the building in December 2020, the Opera House has seen much cleanup and repair activity. The new owners, The Hartins, who lived in Crystal, Maine, just a few miles from the building, plan to revitalize the property and open the theater and storefront back up to the community. The building will also house two Inn Room rental units similar to a hotel accommodation for folks visiting and traveling through to stay per night, weekend and even monthly stay basis. There will be no long term occupancy rentals in the building. The Hartins now reside in the house wing full time, since renovations have been completed to the living quarters in that area of the building. Description and history The Island Falls Opera House is a large, roughly L-shaped wood frame building, which occupies a prominent lot overlooking a major intersection in the center of Island Falls. One leg of the L runs north-south, and is 2-1/2 stories in height, with a front-gable roof. The front facade has a projecting single-story section with a flat roof, behind which the second floor facade has a central Palladian-style three-part window at the center, and narrow windows flanking and in the gable above. On the side walls of this section there are three bays, most with narrow sash windows, then a repeat of the Palladian-style windows, which are topped by cross-gables at the roof line, and then additional bays with narrow sash windows. The rear section of the building has a gable roof running east-west and is 3-1/2 stories in height. The interior of the southern leg originally had a general store and the theater entrance on the ground floor. The store section still retains original wooden counters and shelving, while the theater lobby has the original ticket booth. The theater occupies most of the upper levels of the building, and includes original seating and wall decorations. The lower sections of the rear portion have a living area that has retained original woodwork, including a stairway with an elaborate newell post, and a decorative arch leading into the parlor. The hall was built in 1894 by Columbus Lamb Pettengill and his son on land purchased from W. W. Sewall, a major local landowner, whose deeds of sale disallowed the sale of alcohol. The performance venue was a major local entertainment space, and was adapted for the showing of motion pictures in the 1920s. The property now stands vacant. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Aroostook County, Maine References
Monson Community Church

The Monson Community Church is a Christian congregation affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America. It is located in a historically and architecturally significant church building at 19 Greenville Road in Monson, Maine. Its building is a combination of two separate sanctuaries, one built in 1845 for a Baptist congregation, and the other in 1861 for Congregationalists, that were joined in 1959 when the two congregations merged. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, representing a unique adaptive reuse of 19th-century church buildings. Description and history The Monson Community Church is set on the northeast side of Greenville Road (a.k.a. Main Street, Maine State Route 6) in the central village of Monson. Located closer to the street is the 1861 Congregational church building, to which the 1845 Baptist church building has been attached at the northeast corner. The Congregational church building is two stories in height, and has been adapted to house church offices, meeting spaces, and Sunday School facilities. The Baptist church, originally located on Pleasant Street, was moved to its present location in 1959. Both buildings are finished in clapboard siding, and have Greek Revival features such as corner pilasters and fully pedimented gable ends. The Congregational church has a two-stage tower with an open belfry; the tower of the Baptist church was removed when the building was moved. The town of Monson was settled 1815–20, and incorporated in 1822. Its Congregational congregation was established in 1821, and built its first building (said to be the first between Bangor and the northern Canada–US border) in 1831. That church burned in 1860, after which the congregation promptly rebuilt. The Baptist congregation was established in 1827, but did not build a church until 1845. Both congregations remained healthy until the 1940s, when their populations dwindled. Merger discussions were underway by 1955, and the building move was executed in 1959. The Monson Community Church was not formally incorporated as a separated entity until 1982; the Congregational Society was disbanded in 1986, and the Baptist Society in 1996. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Piscataquis County, Maine References External links Monson Community Church
McArthur Public Library

McArthur Public Library is a public library in Biddeford, Maine. It opened in October 1863 as a department within Biddeford City Hall, and has been in its current location since 1902. It is one of the oldest tax-supported libraries in New England, and the oldest in the state of Maine. History McArthur Public Library first opened in 1863. It was located in a room in Biddeford City Hall, which burned down in 1894. The Mayor of Biddeford recommended that a private association maintain the facility for the benefit of its patrons. The major benefactor for this association was Robert McArthur. The congregation of the Third Congregational Church (previously known as the Pavilion Church) sold their building to McArthur for conversion into a new library. The new library opened on October 13, 1902, and contained 6,000 books. A new entrance was added to the front of the building in 1995, funded by the local Rotary Club. Robert McArthur Born in 1838, Robert McArthur emigrated to the United States. At the age of 8, McArthur began working in the Textile Mills of New England as well as New Jersey, and worked his way to the top rank of agent of the Laconia and Pepperell Mills in the state of Maine. McArthur was a self-educated man who believed that public libraries and their services should be made available to all. In honor of this belief, McArthur purchased the Pavilion Congregational Church and set up a fund for the maintenance of the building, a tradition that his daughters continued upon their deaths. Library services Through the support of benefactors, McArthur Public Library provides many services for the people of Biddeford. The facility offers nearly 60,000 printed books, 7,000 e-books, a large audio book collection, as well as DVDs, CDs, and magazines. The library provides free WiFi services, public access computers, and hands-on classes for both youth and adults and is connected to many of Maine's Colleges and the University of Maine. The library hosts programs for infants through teens including story time and summer reading programs. The library also hosts a showing of unique photographs of the city and its surrounding areas. References External links Official website
Thomas Goodall House

The Thomas Goodall House is a historic house near 938 Main Street in Sanford, Maine. It was built in 1871 for Thomas Goodall, owner of the local Goodall Mill, one of the region's largest employers in the late 19th century. Retaining many Second Empire details from its original construction, it underwent significant Colonial Revival alterations by Goodall's son, Eugene, early in the 20th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Description and history The Goodall House is located on the east side of Main Street (Maine State Route 109) just south of Sanford center, and just north of the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library. The main block is roughly square in shape, two stories in height, with a mansard roof topped by a square cupola. A single-story porch wraps around three sides of the house, extending to the right to include a porte-cochere. The porch is supported by grouped round columns, with elaborate balustrades below and above. A glassed-in porch stands at the second level above the entrance. The dormers in the mansard roof are topped by segmented arches, having been stripped of their original Second Empire woodwork. The house was built in 1871 by Thomas Goodall, an Englishman who made his fortune in American textile business, and was then owner of the Goodall Mill in Sanford. At the time of this house's construction, the mill was a relatively small operation, but by the turn of the 20th century it was the area's largest employer, with a payroll of about 1,000. The house originally had more elaborate Second Empire styling, including projecting window bays and an entry portico; these were removed by Goodall's son Eugene, the house's next owner, who replace many of those features with the existing Colonial Revival treatment. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References
Vuurtoren van Pemaquid Point

Het Pemaquid Point Light is een vuurtoren aan de Atlantische kust van de Amerikaanse staat Maine, vlak bij de plaats Bristol. De toren stamt uit 1835 en verving een vuurtoren die reeds in 1827 was gebouwd, maar op termijn dreigde in te storten. In 1985 werd de vuurtoren toegevoegd aan het National Register of Historic Places. De vuurtoren staat afgebeeld op de State Quarters van de staat, die in 2003 in circulatie kwamen. Het omliggende terrein is nu het Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park en in de woning ernaast is een museum gevestigd.
Farol de Pemaquid Point

O Farol de Pemaquid Point é um farol de concreto localizado em Bristol, Maine, Estados Unidos. O farol foi encomendado em 1827 por John Quincy Adams e construído naquele mesmo ano. Devido a má obra (água salgada foi usada na mistura da argamassa), o farol começou a desmoronar-se e foi substituído em 1835. O segundo contrato para a construção estipulou que somente água fresca seria utilizada. Keeper Isaac Dunham supervisionou a construção e escreveu em uma carta para o Conselho de Faróis dos Estados Unidos de que o acordo foi confirmada e o trabalho de construção correu bem. A lente original era um refletor parabólico Argand-Lewis, iluminada com velas e com uma visibilidade de 2 quilômetros. Augustin Jean Fresnel, um físico francês, inventou uma forma superior de focalizar a luz proveniente dos faróis no início dos anos 1850 e a maioria dos faróis nos Estados Unidos foram convertidos para a lente de Fresnel, uma lente de Fresnel de quarta ordem foi colocada em 1856 no farol de Pemaquid Point. A lente é uma de apenas seis lentes de Fresnel ainda em serviço no estado de Maine. A casa do faroleiro foi construída em 1857. O farol foi adicionado ao Registro Nacional de Locais Históricos dos Estados Unidos como Farol de Pemaquid Point em 16 de abril de 1985, o número de referência 85000843. Ligações Externas Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park The Fishermen’s Museum at Pemaquid Bristol Lighthouse Committee Referências
Division No. 9 School

The Division No. 9 School is a historic former one-room schoolhouse on Maine State Route 9 in Wells, Maine. Built in 1900, it is the best-preserved of the town's surviving district school buildings, and is now a museum owned by the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Description and history The Division No. 9 School is located on the south side of Maine State Route 9 in rural southwestern Wells, east of its junction with Bragdon Road. It is set on a small grassy lot surrounded by forest. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The front facade has a pair of matching entrances flanking a doubled sash window at the center, with a slightly smaller similar window pair in the gable above. The doors are topped by transom windows, and both doors and windows have drip molding caps. The west facade has two groups of three sash windows flanking a single sash window, and the east facade has two sash windows. The south side of the building has a shed-roof ell, which contains the building's bathrooms and a woodshed. The interior of the building is well preserved, with tongue-and-groove wainscoting in both the entrance vestibules and the classroom. The school was built in 1900 by a local contractor for a total cost (including land) of $873.72; the ell was added in 1917 for $300. The previous school for this district had been located across the street. This school remained in service until 1948, and was designated a local landmark in 1992. It is the best-preserved of nine surviving district schoolhouses in the town. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References
Elden's Store

Elden's Store is a historic commercial building on Long Plains Road (Maine State Route 22) in the center of Buxton, Maine. Built in 1802, it is the oldest commercial building in the rural community, and is one of the few historic brick commercial buildings in western York County. The building, which is now owned by the local historical society, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Description and history Elden's Store is set at the western corner of Long Plains Road and Haines Meadow Road. It is a 2-1/2 story rectangular brick building, with a wood-frame gable roof, oriented toward Long Plains Road, and a granite foundation. The brick is laid in English bond and is painted red. The building's doors and windows are set in openings with simple granite sills and lintels. There are a number of doors, and the placement of both the doors and windows is not planned with any great degree of symmetry. The south facade (facing Haines Meadow Road) is the most symmetrical, with three bays on each level and a single center entrance. The interior of the building has seen numerous alterations over its long history. The store was built in 1802, and its ground floor served as a general store into the 1930s. The upper floor has seen a variety of uses, including a successful local coat manufacturing business in the mid-19th century. The Buxton-Hollis Historical Society used the upper floor as a meeting space for many years beginning in 1971, and the basement was adapted as a medical clinic in 1975. The historical society now occupies a newer facility, but maintains ownership of the building. It presently houses a regional emergency communications facility. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References External links Elden Store at Buxton-Hollis Historical Society
Buxton Powder House

The Buxton Powder House is a historic military storage magazine in Buxton, Maine. Built in 1813, this small brick building housed the community's military supplies during the War of 1812, and is one of three such structures to survive in the state. It is located in a field off Long Plains Road near the center of the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Description and history The Buxton Powder Magazine is a small brick building, about 10 by 10 feet (3.0 m × 3.0 m) in size, with a pyramidal roof and a granite foundation. It stands in a wooded area, about 250 metres (820 ft) west of Long Plains Road (Maine State Route 22). Its walls are about 1 foot (0.30 m) thick. A heavy wooden door is attached via two wrought iron hinges. The walls of the interior are lined with wooden shelves. After the War of 1812 broke out in March 1812, the town voted to construct a magazine for the storage of its military supplies, which had been held in a private residence. This building was completed in 1813 by Theodore Elwell for $59, and was used to house the town supply of gunpowder, lead ball, flints, and other supplies. It is only one of three such town-built structures in the state; the others are in Hallowell and Wiscasset. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine References