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Rockland Breakwater

The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Description and history The city of Rockland is located on the west side of Penobscot Bay in the Mid Coast region of Maine. Its harbor, long regarded as one of the finest east of Portland, was frequently used in the 19th century as a safe harbor during bad weather. It was less than ideally suited to this task, because its large east-facing opening would still subject ships at anchor to storms with winds from the northeast. Major storms in the 1850s highlighted the need for improved harbor protection, but federal appropriations for a project were not approved until 1880. Between 1880 and 1900 the United States Army Corps of Engineers, under a series of Congressional appropriations, built the breakwater. The lighthouse standing at its end was added in 1902. The breakwater extends south from Jameson Point (marking the northern point of the harbor mouth), and has a total length of 4,364 feet (1,330 m). It is built out of locally quarried granite, and has a roughly trapezoidal cross-section, its seaward face sloping more gradually than the harbor side, in order to better take the battering of sea waves. The top of the breakwater is about 43 feet (13 m) wide, while its underwater base is an estimated 175 feet (53 m) wide. The visible top is formed out of coursed granite blocks. About 700,000 tons of rock were used in its construction. The breakwater is believed to be unique among Army Corps 19th-century breakwaters in its exclusive use of local materials. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine References
Lithgow House

The Lithgow House is a historic house on Blinn Hill Road in Dresden, Maine. Built about 1819, it is a little-altered Federal period house, distinctive for an extremely unusual floor plan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Description and history The Lithgow House stands northeast of the village of Dresden Mills, on the north side of Blinn Hill Road near the local cemetery. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof pierced by two brick chimneys, and clapboard siding. The main facade faces south, and consists of three slightly asymmetrical bays. The entrance is in a gabled vestibule projecting from the center bay, flanked by sidelight windows. The interior retains many original period features, including woodwork and door hardware. The vestibule has two separate entrances into the two parlor rooms at the front of the house, which are also connected to each other by a wide pair of double-hinged door. The room originally serving as the kitchen is behind the left parlor, with a winding stair in a narrow hall between the two chimneys. A single-story ell, of mid-19th century construction, extends to the rear and provides a more modern kitchen space. The property also includes a barn of mid-19th century vintage. The land on which this house was built was originally owned by James Lithgow, an early settler of this portion of the Kennebec River valley. In 1818 he divided it between his two sons, Alfred and Llewellyn, one of whom probably built this house before 1820. This determination is made primarily based on the style of the interior woodwork. The Lithgows were prominent local citizens, with Llewellyn operating a sawmill and gristmill, and financially underwriting the Bridge Academy. Later owners include Dr. Horatio Allen, one of the town's first physicians. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine References
Excelsior Grange

The Excelsior Grange is a historic Grange hall at 446 Harris Hill Road in Poland, Maine. It was built in 1914 for chapter 5 of the state Grange, and continues to be maintained by that organization as a public community resource. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Description and history The Excelsior Grange hall is located in a rural area of northeastern Poland, on the north side of Harris Hill Road, just east of its junction with Poland Corner Road. It is a long rectangular wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, clapboard siding, and a concrete foundation. The short front facade is symmetrically arranged, with three bays across. The entrance is at the center of the ground floor, with flanking sidelight windows. A single-story gable-roofed porch shelters the entrance, supported by square posts. Inside, the ground floor houses a dining room and kitchen behind the lobby, with an auditorium space on the second floor. The Excelsior Grange was organized in 1874, and was the fifth chapter established in the state. The chapter's first hall was destroyed by fire, and this hall was built in 1914 as a replacement. It is one of the few Grange halls in the state known to be designed by an architect, in this case Harry Wilkinson, who had trained in the practice of George M. Coombs. The hall continues to serve as a major local community resource, hosting dinners and other social events, theatrical productions, as well as civic functions. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
Nahmakanta Lake

Nahmakanta Lake is the source of Nahmakanta Stream in the North Maine Woods. Nahmakanta Stream flows 4 miles (6.4 km) from the southeast end of the lake in Maine Township 1, Range 11, to the Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes in Township 1, Range 10. The Appalachian Trail follows Nahmakanta Stream and the southwest shore of Nahmakanta Lake. The northwest end of the lake in Township 2, Range 11, receives drainage from Rainbow Lake via Rainbow Stream, from Gould Pond via Gould Brook, from the Bean Ponds via Bean Brook, and from Female Pond, Wadleigh Pond, the Musquash Ponds, and Pollywog Pond via Pollywog Brook. These streams provide spawning habitat for brook trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon, while lake trout spawn in the shoals of the lake. Sources
Sprucewold Lodge

Sprucewold Lodge is a historic summer tourist accommodation at 4-9 Nahanada Road in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Its main lodge built in 1927, it was the centerpiece of an extensive rustic retreat on the Spruce Point peninsula southeast of downtown Boothbay Harbor. The lodge is one of the state's finest examples of rustic Adirondack architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. In 2016, the lodge was listed for sale. Description and history Sprucewold Lodge is located in a wooded area near the center of the Spruce Point peninsula, southeast of downtown Boothbay Harbor. The main lodge is set on the north side of Nahanada Road, near its junction with Crest Avenue. The property also includes a series of log and frame cabins on the south side of Nahanada Road, which are now used as employee housing. It is a two-story log structure, with a gabled roof and exposed log exterior. There are recessed porches below the front- and rear-facing gables, each supported by rustic log posts, with log rail balustrades and stair handrails. The main doorway consists of vertically arranged log sections on the outside, and rough board-and-batten on the inside. Window bays on the sides are articulated by vertically placed logs, and a fieldstone chimney rises on the outside of the left wall. The interior public spaces include similar Adirondack-style log decoration, including builtin benches. Plans for a resort area on Spruce Point were first drafted in the 1880s, but were hampered by a lack of water supply. Town water was laid into the area in 1919, and the Boothbay Land Company then proceeded to develop the eastern side of the peninsular, building about 60 cabins by 1930. The central hotel and lodge was built in 1926 to a design by Portland architect John P. Thomas, and was billed as the world's largest log cabin. The present lodge was built as an annex to the original, which was destroyed by fire in 1931. It is one of the few surviving hotels on the Maine coast from the 1920s, representing the final stage of large scale resort hotel development in the state. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine References
John Moore House (Edgecomb, Maine)

The John Moore House is a historic house on Cross Point Road in Edgecomb, Maine. With elements dating to the early 1740s, it is one of the oldest surviving structures in Mid Coast Maine. The connected farmstead includes a barn that was built before 1850. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Description and history The John Moore House stands in a rural part of northern Edgecomb, on the east side of Cross Point Road. The house is a connected farmstead, with a 1-3/4 story main block, and an elongated 1+1⁄2-story ell joining it to a barn. It is finished in wooden clapboards and its parts are covered by gabled roofs. The main block has a central chimney, and its facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance framed by sidelight windows and a cornice above. There are small second-story windows below the roof line. The parlors of the main block retain original period woodwork. The land on which this house stands was granted to John Moore in 1736, and the house is known to have been standing in 1741. It was original a 1+1⁄2-story Cape, with its roof raised c. 1765 by John Grey, who purchased it from Moore in 1764. In 1850, the ell was built, and the barn was moved from another location to this place and connected to it. In the late 19th century, the house was owned by William Manson Patterson, a ship's captain. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine References
Highland Lake (Presumpscot River)

Highland Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Maine. Formerly known as Duck Pond, the lake extends from the northern tip of Westbrook through the western edge of Falmouth into east Windham, Maine. The south end of the lake overflows via Mill Brook 4 miles (6.4 km) through Westbrook to the Presumpscot River at Riverton. The shoreline of the lake is heavily developed with residences, seasonal cabins, and a state-owned parking area off Mast Road in Falmouth for the launch of canoes and car-top boats. The deeper northern basin of the lake in Windham has been stocked with brown trout, splake, alewife, and occasionally brook trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon. Highland Lake's shallow southern basin is favorable habitat for white perch and chain pickerel, and has been stocked with largemouth bass. Sources
Pleasant Lake (Crooked River)

Pleasant Lake is a lake in Maine, United States. It extends through southern Otisfield into northern Casco. The lake shoreline is heavily developed with residences and seasonal cabins. It is one of the finest spring fed lakes in the state. The southern end of the lake overflows as Mill Brook through the village of Casco, and reaches the Crooked River 3 miles (4.8 km) to the southwest. The lake supports a thriving population of white perch with some smallmouth bass and chain pickerel; and has been stocked with brown trout, lake trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon. A boat launch area is available at the southern end of the lake. Seeds of Peace, an international conflict resolution summer camp, is based on Pleasant Lake. Sources
Knox County Courthouse (Maine)

The Knox County Courthouse is located at 62 Union Street in downtown Rockland, the county seat of Knox County, Maine. The oldest portion of the courthouse was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant and was built in 1874. A prominent local example of Italianate architecture, it has been the county's seat of operations since its construction. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Description and history The Knox County Courthouse stands on the west side of downtown Rockland, occupying most of a city block bounded by Union, Masonic, High, and Limerock Streets. It is a roughly U-shaped building, three stories in height. Most of the building is a modern steel-framed structure, its exterior finished in brick. The original 1874 courthouse forms the northeastern leg of the U. It is three stories in height, set on a high granite foundation. Its main entrance is accessed via a flight of granite stairs, and is sheltered by a rectangular porch supported by round stone Doric columns and square pilasters. The porch is capped by a balustrade with urned posts. The windows on the first two floors are set in ornate round-arch and segmented-arch openings. Knox County was separated from adjacent Lincoln County in 1860, with Rockland as its county seat. County offices were in the early years dispersed in a commercial buildings, and were eventually centralized into a single building. This being judged inadequate, the county in 1874 retained Boston architect Gridley James Fox Bryant to design the present building. Gridley was assisted by Lewis P. Rogers, also a Boston architect. The building was constructed at a cost of $83,000, well over the anticipated $50,000 cost, and opened for business in 1875. The modern addition to the rear and side were built in 1978. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine References
Strand Theatre (Rockland, Maine)

The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive. Now owned by a non-profit, it continues to present films as well as musical and theatrical productions. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Description and history The Strand Theatre stands near the southeastern end of Rockland's downtown area, on the east side of Main Street. It is a large multisection brick building; its front section is two stories in height, and houses the main lobby and balcony. The middle section houses the main seating area, and has a roof that slopes down toward the stage. The rear section houses the stage, and is three stories in height, allowing for a large theatrical backdrop fly system. The front facade of the building is divided into three sections, articulated by brick pilasters. The outer sections, originally constructed as independent storefronts, are now part of the theater; each has a recessed entrance flanked by display windows. The theater's main entrance is at the center, consisting of recessed double doors. The wall above the outer sections has recessed panels, while that above the main entrance has a segmented-arch multi-part window, and is capped by a segmented parapet. Projecting in front of this window is the theater's marquee and sign. The theater was built in 1922-23, on the site of a building destroyed in a 1920 fire that swept through the southern part of Rockland's downtown. It was the first building to go up in the fire-devastated area, and its Egyptian-themed motifs include that of the phoenix, reborn from the ashes. The theater was run by the Dondis family for many years, successfully adapting to changing motion picture technology and tastes, and presenting musical and theatrical productions. It was sold by the Dondises in 2000, and has since undergone restoration of its interior and exterior. It is now owned by a local nonprofit, which continues to offer similar entertainment choices. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine References External links Rockland Strand Theatre web site
History House (Skowhegan, Maine)

The Skowhegan History House is a historic house and museum at 66 Elm Street in Skowhegan, Maine. Built in 1839, this two-story brick house is one of the few of that period to survive Skowhegan's industrialization later in the 19th century. The house has served as a local history museum since 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Description and history The History House is set on the south side of Elm Street, between it and the Kennebec River, at the junction of Elm with Norridgewock Avenue and Pleasant Street. It is a two-story brick structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and two end chimneys. The brick is laid in a modified English bond, with seven rows of stretchers followed by a course of headers. Its Greek Revival styling includes a simple cornice and returns at the gable ends, sidelight windows and pilasters flanking the main entrance, and granite sills and lintels. A fireproof museum wing was added to the rear of the house in 1935. The house was built in c. 1839 by Samuel Philbrick, a potter, later a clerk for Skowhegan Savings Bank, and was a fairly typical small worker's house of the period. Most similar buildings in Skowhegan were lost due to the city's industrialization over the remainder of the 19th century. The first permanent home owner was Arron Spear, a blacksmith, who later sold the house to James H.K. Lord. The house was acquired by Louise Helen Coburn, a local historian, who in 1937, opened its doors as a museum. The rear addition, added at that time, was executed with sympathetic techniques and styling. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday between June and September, or by appointment. Its collections are focused on local history, and include unique documents and artifacts. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Maine References External links Skowhegan History House web site
Zions Hill

Zions Hill, also known as the Ralph Owen Brewster House, and now the Brewster Inn, is a historic house at 37 Zions Hill in Dexter, Maine. The house is a 1930s updating of an 1870s structure to a design by John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens, who also designed the landscaping of the 2-acre (0.81 ha) property. This renovation was done for Ralph Owen Brewster, a prominent Maine politician who served as Governor of Maine and for two terms in the United States Senate, and created one of the major Colonial Revival showcases of interior Maine. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history Zions Hill is set prominently on the north side of the same-named road, on the fringe of Dexter's central village. The main house is set at the southeast corner of the landscaped property, with a semicircular drive in front. The house is a rambling wood-frame structure with a central mass that is a two-story L shape with a hip roof. In front of this block's two-bay facade is a deep porte-cochere that extends over the drive. A single-story sun-room occupies the crook of the L, extending further west than the rear leg of the L, where a long veranda extends to the rear. A two-story wing extends to the east, with a single-story conservatory area in front, and a garage and servant's quarters behind. The interior of the house has restrained woodwork reminiscent of the Federal period, and has retained original wallpaper, light fixtures, and draperies. The structure of the main portion of the house was built in the 1870s by William E. Brewster, and it is in that house that Ralph Owen Brewster grew up. Brewster, educated at Bowdoin College, entered politics in the 1910s, serving in the state legislature before winning two terms as Governor of Maine 1924–29. In 1929 he purchased his father's house, and in 1934 retained the noted Portland firm of John Calvin Stevens and his son John Howard Stevens to significantly expand the house into a property suitable for a prominent politician. Brewster served three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1935–41) and then two terms in the Senate (1941–53). The house designed by the Stevenses, although essentially Colonial Revival in style, had to abandon the symmetry typical of that style to accommodate both the asymmetry of the original house, and the needs of the Brewsters for public spaces in which to conduct political business. The Stevenses were also responsible for designing the landscaping of the property, much of which has apparently been preserved despite conversion of the property to a bed and breakfast. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine References External links Brewster Inn web site
Memorial Bridge (Augusta, Maine)

The Memorial Bridge is a bridge in Augusta, Maine, that crosses the Kennebec River, joining the east and west sides of the city. It carries U.S. Route 201, U.S. Route 202, Route 11, and Route 100. The bridge is approximately 2,100 feet (640 m) long and has two lanes for traffic and a barrier-protected sidewalk for pedestrians on each side of the roadway. It was built in 1949. Safety fence The Memorial Bridge is located near a state psychiatric hospital, the Riverview Psychiatric Center. In 1983, after a number of deaths by suicide occurred on the bridge, an 11-foot‐high safety fence was installed on each side of the bridge. The fence was effective in deterring suicide by jumping. In 2006, the fence was temporarily removed due to a renovation project, and this sparked debate on whether the fence was necessary. See also Transport portal Engineering portal References