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HISTORIC RESOURCES

(from Earle Shettleworth 1974)

• 1. Tugboat Sequin - Bath, Maine (1884), Public
  A tug used for towing five masted sailing vessels as well as barges from the sea to various parts of the Kennebec River. (12/3/69)
• 2. U. S. Custom House - Bath, Maine (1853-58), Public
  This Ammi B. Young Italianate Custom House stands on the Waterfront of one of Maine's busiest l9th century sea ports and shipbuilding centers. (10/6/70)
• 3. Governor William King House - Bath, Maine (1812), Private
  The home of William King, Maine's first governor
• 4. William D. Crooker House - Bath, Maine (c. 1850), Private
  A grand late Greek Revival mansion designed and built by Isaac D. Cole of Bath.
• 5. Hyde Estate - Bath, Maine (1914), Private
  A palatial Georgian Revival mansion sited in a park-like setting. The house was erected for the Hyde family, Bath shipbuilders, from designs by John Calvin Stevens I of Portland.
• 6. Sagadahoc County Courthouse - Bath, Maine (1968), Public
  An impressive brick and brownstone Italian style court house built from designs by Francis H. Fassett of Portland.
• 7. Washington Street Historic District Bath, Maine (19th century), Private and Public A beautiful street of l9th century residences and churches from the Federal through the Colonial Revlval styles. Many of these structures reflect the maritime pros perity which Bath enjoyed in the l9th century. (NReg-5/17/73)
• 8. Winter Street Church - Bath, Maine (1943), Public
  A major wooden Gothic Revival church in New England. Designed and built under the supervision of Anthony C. Raymond of Bath. (NReg-6/27/71)
• 9. Percy & Small Shipyard - Bath, Maine (1894), Public
  This shipyard was involved in the building of 44 vessels between 1894 and 1920, 42 of which were schooners. (NReg-7/27/71)

BRUNSWICK

• 10. Cabot Textile Mill - Brunswick, Maine (1891), Private
  A massive late l9th century brick textile mill built on the site of a mill complex which started in 1834.
• 11. Footbridge - Brunswick, Maine (c.l900), Public
  
• 12. Bowdoin College Campus - Brunswick, Maine (19th century, Private)
  Since its founding in 1794, Bowdoin College has significantly influenced the intellectual and literary life of Maine and has made Brunswick an important cultural center. The following are buildings of special interest on the campus:
  • ADAMS HALL (1860) - A large brick and brownstone Italianate classroom building which once housed the Maine School of Medicine.
  • APPLETON HALL (1843) - A brick dormitory built on the lines of Winthrop and Maine Halls.
  • CHAPEL (1845-55) - A granite Romanesque church designed by Richard Upjohn and built under the supervision of Samuel Melcher III, Brunswick's leading local master builder.
  • COMMONS HALL (1828) - A brick structure attributed to Samuel Melcher III.
  • HUBBARD HALL (1902-03) - A major late Gothic Revival building designed by Henry Vaughn as a library
  • MAINE HALL (1936) - Maine Hall was built in 1836 to replace an earlier structure of 1806-08. Maine Hall was erected from plans by Anthony C. Raymond, a prominent Brunswick-Bath master builder.
  • MASSACHUSETTS HALL (1802) - Massachusetts Hall was the first building on the Bowdoin campus. A handsome restrained Federal structure, it provided classrooms, faculty offices, and living accommodations. The design is attributed to Samuel Melcher III. (NReg -7/27/71)
  • MEMORIAL HALL (1868) - An imposing Gothic Revival hall built in memory of Bowdoin men in the Civil War. Now used as a theater.
  • PRESIDENT'S HOUSE (1860) - Built in 1860 for Captain Francis G. Jordan, this grand Italianate wooden mansion has long been the home of Bowdoin's presidents.
  • PSI U FRATERNITY HOUSE (1933 - A distinguished example of John Calvin Stevens' late Shingle Style work.
  • WALKER MUSEUM OF ART (1894) - Designed by Charles F. McKim of the famous New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White; the museum is modeled on the exterior after Brunelleschi's Florentine Renaissance Piazzi Chapel. Inside, in four tympana under the arches of the central dome are murals painted by John LaFarge, Elihu Bedder, Abbott Thayer, and Kenyon Cox symbolizing the artisitc achievements of Athens, Rome, Florence, and Venice.
  • WINTHROP HALL (1822) - A large brick Federal style dormitory.
• 13. Henry Boody House - Brunswick, Maine (1849), Private
  A major wooden Gothic Revival house designed by the English American architect Gervase Wheeler. Published in 1850 in The Architecture of Country Houses by Andrew Jackson Downing.
• 14. Federal Street District - Brunswick, Maine (19th century), Private and Public.
  A stately street of Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian homes, several of which are the work of Samuel Melcher III, Brunswick's leading l9th century architect and builder.
• 15 First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (1845), Private
  This large board and batten Gothic Revival church was designed in 1845 by Richard Upjohn and was constructed undersupervision of the local master builder Isaiah Coombs. (NReg-12/3/69)
• 16 Captain George McManus House - Brunswick, Maine (1857), Private
  A fine example of a transitional brick Greek Revival Italianate residence of the Maine mid-coast region. (NReg-5/16/74)
• 17 St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Brunswick, Maine (1845), Private
  An early example of the board and batten chapel form which Richard Upjohn popularized throughout the United States. Upjohn designed this church for the Brunswick Episcopalians

TOPSHAM

• 18 Pejepscot Paper Mill - Topsham, Maine (1868), Private
  The Pejepscot Paper Mill at Topsham is the earliest surviving example of Maine's l9th century wood pulp mills. Architecturally, it is also the finest. Erected in 1868 this complex of industrial buildings is dramatically sited at Brunswick Falls on the Androscoggin River.
• 19. Bank - Topsham, Maine (c. 1840), Public
  A handsome brick Greek Revival bank of the C.1840 period.
• 20. Topsham Historic District - Topsham, Maine (18th and l9th centuries), Public and Private Topsham's unusually fine residential neighborhood is comprised predominently of Federal and Greek Revival homes. Many of these houses were designed and built by Samuel Melcher III of the adjacent town of Brunswick.

RICHMOND

• 21. Peacock Tavern - Richmond, Maine (1807), public
  A well-known hostelry on the route from the coast to Augusta.
• 22. Southard Block - Richmond, Maine (1882), Public
  The Southard Block is a late example of a small town Mansard roofed commercial building with an original bank and counting house surviving. The first story has a cast iron front of Boston origin. The structure was designed and built by Thomas J. Southard, prominent Richmond ship builder and developer. (NReg -2/23/72)
• 23. Greek Revival Farm House - Richmond, Maine (c. 1845), Private
  A handsome example of a small, one and a half story Greek Revival temple style farm house.
• 24. Richmond Corner Meeting House - Richmond Corner, Maine (1835), Private
  A rural Greek Revival meeting house which is the earliest known work of Harvey Graves, a native of Bowdoinham, Maine, who became a prominent mid-19th century Boston church architect. Built by Graves in conjunction with Daniel Holway of Bowdoinham.
• 25. Richmond Historic District - Richmond, Maine (19th century), Public and Private
  Richmond thrived as a shipbuilding center in the twenty years before the Civil War. This prosperity created a town with more distinctive Grecian temple style houses than any other in Maine. Other fine homes and commercial buildings were built in the Italianate and Second Empire styles. (NReg -11/12/73)

DRESDEN

• 26. Bridge Academy - Dresden, Maine (c. 1895), Public
  A distinctive late Queen Anne style design for a school by Georqe A. Clouqh, a Boston architect.
• 27. Bowman-Carney House - Dresden Maine (c 1761), Private
  Attorney Jonathan Bowman contracted with Gersham Flagg of Roston to design and build this handsome Georgian house on the Kennebec River. Bowman later became Judge of Probate for Lincoln County. (NReg - 4/12/71)
• 28. Pownalborough Courthouse - Dresden, Maine (1761), Public
  Lincoln County was established in 1760 and the following year the Plymouth Company proprietors voted to construct this courthouse for the new county. Gersham Flagg of Boston was the architect and master builder. (NReg - 1/13/70)
• 29. St. John's Episcopal Church - Dresden, Maine (c. 1830), Private
  A local landmark with a pleasing composition of Federal style, Greek Revival, and Gothic Revival elements in wood.

WOOLWICH

• 30. Day's Ferry Historic District - Day's Ferry, Woolwich, Maine (l8th and 19th centuries), Public and Private