Maine Guide to Museums and Historic Homes

SIXTH EDITION INDEX — 1985-86 MAINE GUIDE TO MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOMES

PAGE PAGE PAGE A lla g a s h 44 Ja y 13 South Casco 16 A in a 23 Katahdin Iron Works 40 South Solon 21 A s h la n d 44 K e n n e b u n k 5 South Windham 16 A u b u rn 18 Kennebunkport 5 Southwest Harbor 38 A u g u s ta 18-19 Kezar Falls 14 S ta n d is h 17 B a n g o r 33 K in g fie ld 14 S to c k h o lm 45 Bar H a rb o r 33 K itte ry 5-6 S tro n g 17 Bath 23 Lee 37 S u lliv a n 39 B e lfa s t 24 L ib e rty 26 T h o m a s to n 29-30 B ethel 12 L iv e rm o re 14 T h o rn d ik e 30 B id d e fo rd 3 M a c h ia s 42 T o p s h a m 9 B lue H ill 34 Machiasport 43 U n io n 30 B o o th b a y 24 M a d a w a s k a 45 U n ity 30 Boothbay Harbor 24 Monhegan Island 26 V an B uren 45 B radley 34 M o n m o u th 20 V in a lh a v e n 30 B rid g to n 12 M o n s o n 40-41 W a ld o b o ro 30-31 Brooksville 34 M o rrill 26 W a te rv ille 21-22 B ru n s w ic k 3-4 N a p le s 14 W a yn e 22 B u c k fie ld 12 New Gloucester 14 W e lls 10 B u c k s p o rt 34 N e w S w e d e n 45 W e s t P aris 17 B u rlin g to n 34 N e w b u rg h 37 W ilto n 17 B u xto n 12 N e w c a s tle 26 W in s lo w 22 C am den 24 N e w fie ld 14-15 Winter Harbor 39 Campobello, NB 43 North Berwick 6 W is c a s s e t 31-32 C aribou 44 North Bridgton 15 Y a rm o u th 10 C asco 12 North Edgecomb 26 Y o rk 10-11 C a s tin e 35 North Vassalboro 20 York Harbor 11 Cherryfield 42 Old Orchard Beachi 6 C hina 19 O ld T ow n 37-38 Columbia Falls 42 O rla n d 38 C o rin n a 36 O ro n o 38 C u s h in g 24 O w ls H ead 27 Damariscotta 24-25 P a le rm o 20 D eer Isle 36 P a ris 15 D exter 36 P a tte n 41 Dover-Foxcroft 40 P e m a q u id 27-28 D resden 25 Pemaquid Point 28 E lls w o rth 36 P h illip s 15 F a irfie ld 19 P h ip p s b u rg 6 F a rm in g to n 13 P itts to n 20 Farmington Falls 13 Poland Spring 21 F ort K ent 44 P o rte r 15-16 F ra n klin 36 P o rtla n d 6-8 F re e p o rt 4 P ro s p e c t 28 F rie n d s h ip 25 R a n g e le y 16 F ryeburg 13 R o c k la n d 28-29 G orham 4 Rumford Center 16 G re e n v ille 40 S a co 9 H am pden 37 Scarborough 9 H a rp sw e ll 4 S e a rs p o rt 29 Head T ide 25 S e b a g o 16 H in c k le y 19-20 S e d g w ic k 38 H o u lto n 45 S k o w h e g a n 21 Island Falls 45 S o m e s v ille 37 Is le s b o ro 25-26 South Berwick 9-10 Is le s fo rd 37 South Bristol 29 Maine Guide to Museums and Historic Homes

SIXTH EDITION

Peter D. Bachelder, Editor

Kristin L. Hunt, Contributing Editor

A Publication of The Maine Publicity Bureau In Cooperation with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission 1985-86

Cover Photo: Emerson- Wilcox House, York Introduction

Anyone who visits or travels in bilia. A number of specialized Maine soon becomes conscious of museums have sprung up attempt­ her historic heritage. ing to document a specific segment Within her towns and cities, along of our past. Our lumbering, ship­ her rocky shores, across her rolling building and fishing industries; our countryside, even the most casual myriad arts and crafts — none of traveler time and again encounters these has been overlooked in what visible reminders of Maine’s colorful has become an almost wholesale at­ and romantic past. tempt to recapture and preserve a During recent years, Americans better feeling for the kinds of have gained an increasing aware­ positive values equated with Maine ness of their forebears, and have and other people. come to appreciate the lasting The various homes and museums values and subsequent meaningful found within the pages of this book­ contributions these earlier folk have let by no means form an all-inclusive made to today’s world. Very much a listing of Maine’s historic resources; part of this trend, concerned Mainers rather they serve as a broad overview everywhere have made preservation of her heritage, in that they are a byword. facilities which have opened their Maine’s early Colonial days were doors for public viewing, study and marked by the never-ending rigors of research. day-to-day living that all but preclud­ Appointments are generally nec­ ed any thought to the accumulation essary only when one wishes to visit or retention of worldly possessions. a particular location during unsched­ However, the growing wealth of a uled days or hours, or when speci­ young and prospering society soon fied “ by appointment only” . When in changed all that. Maine folk, already doubt, however, it’s always best to traditionally deep-rooted and far­ check ahead. sighted by nature, went about their We hope, in future editions, to con­ business building substantial, en­ tinue to expand the scope of this during homes — with an eye that publication. As such, the Maine they would last not only for them­ Publicity Bureau welcomes contri­ selves, but would survive for suc­ butions of further information for ceeding generations. In the true possible inclusion. The Bureau spirit of fine craftsmanship, some of wishes to thank the Maine Historic these artisians added an extra Preservation Commission for its in­ measure of charm to equal parts of valuable assistance during the pre­ dignity and grace. The resulting paration of this work, as well as for high standard of excellence they at­ the generous loan of its photo­ tained remains for us today. graphs, which appear throughout Many of these structures still con­ the book. tain original furnishings, offering us Note: The information contained even further insight into earlier in this booklet has been obtained tastes and lifestyles. directly from the facilities in ques­ Nor is this discernment limited to tion shortly before the publication brief inspections of our older of this Guide. However, the Maine historic homes and their contents. Publicity Bureau cannot assume Local historical societies and any responsibility for errors, museums abound with collections changes or omissions that in­ of area artifacts and other memora­ evitably will occur.

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BIDDEFORD BIDDEFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY McArthur Library 270 Main Street Open year round, Mon-Wed 10-1; Thurs 10:30-1:30; Fri 1-4. Admission: No charge. Houses local memorabilia, including town and vital records of Biddeford (1653-1855) plus common council, aider- men and assessors reports. Genealogies, Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College History of Pepperell Mill. Brunswick

FIRST PARISH MEETING HOUSE (1759) Intersection of Pool Road & CAPTAIN ALFRED SKOLFIELD- Guinea Road. WHITTIER HOUSE MUSEUM (1858) Open July only; 161 Maine Street one special program. Open June-Sept., Tues & Thur by appt. Admission: Donations welcome. (729-6606) Colonial interior designed and once Admission: $5.00 non-member; $4.00 used as Town Hall, later a church; boxed member. pews, padded kneelers, late 19th century Time-capsule Victorian Sea Captain’s organ. home. Original furnishings give unique and fascinating look into the 19th cen­ tury. BRUNSWICK BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART Walker Art Building (1894) FIRST PARISH CHURCH (1846) Bowdoin Campus Maine Street Open: Summer Tues-Sat 10-5 & Open by appt. (725-2172) 7-8:30; Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Winter: Tues-Fri 10-4; Sat 10-5; Inspiration place for Harriet Beecher Sun 2-5. (725-8731, ext. 275) Stowe’s “ Death of Uncle Tom” . Such Admission: No charge. personages as Pres. William Howard Museum building houses significant Taft, Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, John holdings of Colonial and Federal por­ Masefield (poet Laureate of England), traits; old master prints and drawings; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin the Winslow Homer Collection; chang­ Luther King have spoken from the pulpit ing exhibitions and more. here.

3 JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN Federal-style brick residence, acts as CIVIL WAR MUSEUM (c. 1825) headquarters for the Freeport Historical 226 Maine Street Society and its Harraseeket Project, an interpretation of 1850’s coastal life. In­ Open: June-August, Tues-Fri 1-4:30; May terior, ell and barn currently being & Sept, by appt. (729-6606). restored; small, rotating exhibits Admission: $1.00 if member; $5.00 if non­ relating to Freeport history are on member; by appt (729-6606). display. Home of Joshua L. Chamberlain: Governor of Maine, Bowdoin College President, and Civil War General. Memorabilia of the life of this hero of Lit­ tle Round Top. Artifacts of the Civil War. GORHAM Restored rooms. BAXTER HOUSE & MUSEUM (1797) South Street PEARY-MACMILLAN ARCTIC MUSEUM Open July & August, Wed & Sat 10-1; Hubbard Hill, Bowdoin Campus By appt. (892-6343 or 839-4653). Open: Summer Tues-Sat 10-5, 7-8:30; Birthplace of James Phinney Baxter, Sun 2-5. former Mayor of Portland. Houses arti­ Winter: Tues-Fri 10-4; Sat 10-5; cles and records of local interest. Sun 2-5. (725-8731, Ext. 275) Admission: No charge. Exhibitions and displays of polar arti­ facts and equipment relating to the ex­ plorations of two Bowdoin alumni: Adm. Robert E. Peary, the first man to reach the North Pole, and Adm. Donald B. Mac­ Millan, Peary’s Chief Assisant. Archives of personal memorabilia, diaries, photo­ graphs and glass slides.

PEJEPSCOT HISTORICAL MUSEUM (1858) 159 Maine Street Open year round, Tues-Fri 1-4; also by appt. (729-6606). Baxter House, Gorham Admission: $1.00 for non-members. Collections illustrate over two cen­ turies of local history; eight rooms of ex­ hibits in historic sea captain’s home. HARPSWELL (EAGLE ISLAND) ADM. ROBERT E. PEARY HOME FREEPORT Casco Bay ENOCH HARRINGTON HOUSE (1830) Open June 20-Labor Day, daily 10-6. 45 Main Street (U.S. Route One) Admission: No charge. Open Tues & Thur 9:30-2:00, or by appt. Home of Admiral Robert E. Peary, dis­ (865-3170) coverer of the North Pole. Landing pier, Admission: No charge, donations nature trails. Residence with Peary fami­ welcome. ly artifacts, open for examination.

4 KENNEBUNK Adjacent Clark Building houses marine exhibit, emphasizing local ships and BRICK STORE MUSEUM (1825) shipbuilding. 117 Maine Street, Route 1 Open year round, Tues-Sat 10-4:30 SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM Admission: $1.00. Log Cabin Road-off Route 1 A block of the 19th century commer­ Open June 15-Sept 2, daily 10-5:30. cial buildings including Wm. Lord’s Also May 25-June 9 & Sept 7-Oct 27, Brick Store (1825), changing exhibits of Weekends 12-5. (April 27-June 14 and fine and decorative arts, historical and Sept 3-Oct 13, Enter at 1:30 sharp marine collections. for guided tour, slide show and rides.) Admission: June 15-Sept 2: Adults $3.25; Seniors $2.75; Children $1.75; Family Maximum $10.00. Before June 15 and after Sept 2: if' SniffiSl sEESiiinfiSi *;!S Adults $3.00; Seniors $2.50; Children $1.50, Family Maximum $9.0Ck World’s most comprehensive collec­ tion of electric streetcars. Two exhibit buildings, restoration workshop, THE BRICK STOBe W e K'-'M; museum store, picnic area, dining car, 2-mile round trip ride on operating cars.

WHITE COLUMNS Main Street Open late June-Labor Day, Tues-Fri-Sat 1-4. Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk Admission: Adults $2.00. Victorian house occupied by Nott TAYLOR BARRY HOUSE (1803) family. Period furnishings. Mid 19th cen­ 24 Summer Street tury Greek Revival architecture. Open June 15-Oct 15, Tues, Wed & Thurs 1-4. Admission: Adults $2.00. KITTERY 1803 Federal Period, sea captain’s KITTERY HISTORICAL AND house, stenciled hall, period furnishings. NAVAL MUSEUM Rogers Road, off Route 1 (by circle at KENNEBUNKPORT Route 236) Open June 1-Labor Day, Mon-Fri 9-5; SCHOOL HOUSE MUSEUM Sat 10-4; Sept 3-Memorial Day, Mon-Fri North Street 9-5. Open June 15-Sept 1; Tues 1-4, Sat 10-12. Admission: Adults $1.00; Families $2.50; Also by appt. (967-2468) Children 50

5 RICE PUBLIC LIBRARY flights from the naturally hard packed 8 Wentworth Street-Route 103 beach and of the famous “ Ocean Pier” , Open year round Mon-Wed 10-5; destroyed in the storm of February 1978. Thurs 10-8; Fri 10-5; Sat 10-4; Sat (July & August) 9-12. PHIPPSBURG Admission: No charge. FORT POPHAM (1861) Library has “ Maine Room” which con­ Terminus of Route 209 tains a collection of books and photo­ graphs relating to the history of Kittery. Open May 30-Labor Day; daily 9-sunset. May 1-May 30 & Labor Day-Sept 30, (Limited Hours). NORTH BERWICK Admission: None. HUSSEY CORPORATION MUSEUM Semi-circular granite fort, on site of (1831) fortifications which have guarded the Dyer Street Extension mouth of the Kennebec River since the Open year round by appt. (676-2271). Revolution. Admission: No charge. 1835 m an ufa ctu rin g company building rebuilt. Displays of various agricultural and other equipment built there by the Hussey Plow Company over the years.

Fort Popham, Phippsburg

PHIPPSBURG HISTORICAL MUSEUM Parker Head Road, off Route 209 Open July 1-Labor Day, Mon-Fri, 2-4. Admission: No charge, donations Hussey Corporation Museum, North Berwick welcome. Located in 1859 one-room schoolhouse OLD ORCHARD BEACH containing general exhibits portraying life in Phippsburg from days of Indians OLD ORCHARD BEACH to 1900. Indian artifacts, maritime items. HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Harmon Memorial PORTLAND 4 Portland Avenue Open June, July & August, Tues-Sat 1-4; CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MAINE By appt. (934-4485). 746 Stevens Avenue Admission: No charge, donations Open year round. welcome. Tues-Fri, 10-5; Sat-Sun, 12-4. Collections of local photos, souvenirs Admission: Adults $2.50; Children $1.50. and memorabilia relating to the growth The Museum features a “ hands on” of community as a resort area. Many pic­ approach to education with exhibits on tures and accounts of early trans-Atlantic the arts, sciences, and natural history.

6 FIRST PARISH CHURCH (1825) associated with Maine including 425 Congress Street Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, An­ Open June, July, August; Tues, 11:30-1. drew Wyeth; and 19th century American glass. The new Charles Shipman Payson Admission: No charge. Building designed by I. M. Pei and Part­ Historic meeting house, site of the ners opened in 1983. The Museum’s drafting of the Maine Constitution. Arti­ other facilities, the McLellan-Sweat facts tracing the history of Portland House (1800), a Registered National from the 17th century to the present day. Historic Landmark, and the L.D.M. Sweat Memorial (1911), are temporarily NEAL DOW MEMORIAL (1829) closed for reinterpretation and renova­ tion. If you would like more information, 714 Congress Street please telephone the Museum’s Public Open year round, Mon-Sat, 11-4. Information Office at (207) 775-6148. Admission: No charge. Late Federal-style mansion of Civil PORTLAND OBSERVATORY (1807) War General Neal Dow, key figure in the 138 Congress Street Prohibition movement. Family furnish­ Open Memorial Day through Labor Day. ings, portraits, and memorabilia. Fully “ When the flags are flying.” restored. Guided tours. Group meeting Or call (207) 774-5561. facilities. Headquarters of Maine W.C.T.U. National Historic Landmark. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 35$. Last remaining 19th century signal PORTLAND FIRE MUSEUM (1836) tower on the Atlantic coast. 82' oc­ 157 Spring Street tagonal wooden monument used as Open June 1-Sept 1. Sat 2-5; Mon 7-9. lookout to inform locals of incoming ships. Extensive views of Casco Bay and Admission: Donations requested. White Mountains from lantern deck. Collection of artifacts and photos relating to Portland’s fire fighting history, located in granite Greek Revival building that once housed Engine No. 4.

PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART Seven Congress Square Open Memorial Day thru Sept, Tue-Sat 10-5, Thur until 9; Sun 12-5. Oct. 1 - Memorial Day: Wed-Sat 10-4, Thur until 9; Sun 12-4. Closed New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission: Adults $2.50; Senior citizens and students $1.50 (with I.D.); Children under 16, 75$; Free Thur 5-9. The Portland Museum of Art, founded in 1882, is the oldest public art museum in Maine. Its collections include American Portland Observatory, Portland paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from 1800; early American and Federal period decorative arts; the State of Maine Collection of works by artists

7 TATE HOUSE (1755) VICTORIA MANSION 1270 Westbrook Street (Morse-LIbby House — 1858) Open June 15-Sept 15, Tues-Sat, 11-5; 109 Danforth Street Sun 1:30-5. Closed July 4 and Mondays. Open June 1-Aug 31, Tues-Sat 10-4; in Admission: Adults $2.50; Children $1.00. Sept, Tue-Sat 10-1. Rest of year by appt. (772-4841). Closed July 4 and Labor Day. Architecturally significant Georgian house. Accurately restored and furnish­ Admission: Adults $3.00; ed to reflect life style of a successful Children under 12, $1.00; Special group colonial merchant. George Tate was rates available. agent for a British firm which provided Mansion built for Ruggles Sylvester masts for the Royal Navy. Morse (1816-93) is one of the finest ex­ amples of nineteenth-century eclectic architecture to survive in the United States. Opulent Victorian interior in­ cludes colorful frescoes, richly carved woodwork, and brilliant stained and etched glass.

Tate House, Portland

U.S. CUSTOMHOUSE (1872) 312 Fore Street Open year round, Mon-Fri 8:30-5; for tours (780-3326). Admission: No charge. Of French Second Empire Style, build­ ing is the finest of its type and period in Victoria Mansion, Portland Maine. It remains as a symbol of Port­ land’s importance as a 19th century shipping center. WADSWORTH —LONGFELLOW HOUSE (1785) 487 Congress Street Open June 1-Sept 30, Tues-Sat 10-4. Admission: Adults $2.50; Children under 12, $1.00. Oldest brick house in Portland. Boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet. Contains family furnishings and artifacts. 40 minute tours begin on the hour and half hour 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

8 house of Richard Hunnewell, military of­ ficer of note during wars with Indians. Partially furnished with early furniture. Also, formal Colonial herb dooryard garden.

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland

SACO SACO PUMP CO.-WATER PUMP & Hunnewell House, Scarborough TELEPHONE MUSEUM 257 North Street Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9-5. SOUTH BERWICK Admission: Donations welcome. COUNTING HOUSE - OLD BERWICK Displays of early water pumps and HISTORICAL SOCIETY (c. 1830) telephones. Route 4 Open July and Aug, Sat 1-4; and by appt. (742-4674). YORK INSTITUTE MUSEUM 371 Main Street Admission: No charge. Open May thru Oct, Tues, Wed, Fri 1-4; Greek Revival commercial structure Thur 1-8; Sat 9-3; by appt. (282-3031 or contains collection of shipbuilders tools, 283-3861). ship models, navigational instruments, photos and other items of local nature. Admission: Adults $1.00; Students 50c; Also, small genealogical library and a col­ Under 12 Free. lection of Sarah Orne Jewett and Gladys Five period rooms with a collection of Hasty Carroll books. fine and decorative arts. Exhibit hall and gallery with changing displays as well as HAMILTON HOUSE (1787) programs, lecture series and performing Vaughan’s Lane, off Route 236. arts. Adjacent Dyer Library has exten­ Open June 1-Oct 15; sive Maine History Collection, Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun 12-5. newspapers, York County records, Local Genealogy and Saco City records. Admission: $2.00. Magnificent Georgian style mansion, SCARBOROUGH overlooking Piscataqua River, built by a wealthy merchant, Col. Jonathan Hamil­ HUNNEWELL HOUSE (1684) ton. Period furnishings, Georgian and Route 207, Black Point Road Federal style. Formal garden. Owned by Open by appt. July and August (883-4301 SPNEA. or 883-5159). Admission: No charge. Renovated 17th Century dwelling

9 SARAH ORNE JEWETT HOUSE (1774) 101 Portland Street Open June 1-Oct 15; Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun 12-5. Admission: $2.00. Mid-Georgian style home of famed writer Sarah Orne Jewett. Fine example of Colonial interior with furnishings of 18th and 19th century, including unusual wallpapers. Owned by SPNEA. Wells Auto Museum, Wells

YARMOUTH

OLD LEDGE SCHOOL (1738) West Main Street Open July, Aug; Wed and Fri 2-4. Admission: No charge. Restored one-room schoolhouse. Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick YORK WELLS The Old York Historical Society offers guided tours of the following seven HISTORIC FIRST CHURCH MUSEUM historic buildings. Route 1 All are open from mid-June thru Sept Open June & Aug; Wed 1-4 and by and Columbus Day weekend. appt. (646-7803). Hours: Daily 10-5. Historic 1862 church houses collection Admission (good for all buildings): of Wells artifacts, genealogies, town, Adults $4.00; Children 6-16, $2.00; church and cemetery records. Main­ Children under 6, Free. tained by the Historical Society of Wells Rates available for individual buildings. and Ogunquit. Purchase tickets at Jefferds Tavern. Information: (207) 363-4974.

WELLS AUTO MUSEUM ELIZABETH PERKINS HOUSE (c. 1730) Route 1 South Side Road Open mid-June to mid-Sept, Daily 10-6. House retains Perkins Family furnish­ Weekends, Memorial Day to mid-June ings, plus treasures and antiques col­ and mid-Sept to Columbus Day, 10-5. lected from around the world. China, glass. Admission: Adults $3.00; Children (6-12) $2.00; under 6, free. Over 70 cars on display, dating from EMERSON-WILCOX HOUSE (1742) 1900, including Stanley Steamer, Stutz Lindsay Road & York Street (Route 1A) Bearcat, Pierce Arrow, Pathfinder, Rolls House served as a general store, tailor Royce. Rides in 1911 Model-T Depot shop, tavern, Post Office, and dwelling Hack. Exhibits of motorcycles, bikes, in 18th and 19th centuries, now a license plates, antique toys, and nickel­ museum of local history and American odeons. decorative arts. Only complete set of

10 American 18th century crewelwork bedhangings in existence.

GEORGE A. MARSHALL STORE BUILDING Lindsay Road 19th century general store situated on the Hancock Wharf. Historical and genealogical library and administrative offices of the Old York Historical Society. Old Gaol, York

JEFFERDS TAVERN OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (1745) Lindsay Road, just off Route 1A Lindsay Road, just off Route 1A Mid-18th century saltbox Inn, originally Open daily mid-June thru Sept located in Wells. Features period fur­ Mon-Sat 10:30-5; Sun 1:30-5; nishings. Tap room. Labor Day-Columbus Day Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sunday. Admission: No charge. One-room school, furnished with period books, benches, including school master and children in costume.

Jefferds Tavern, York

JOHN HANCOCK WAREHOUSE Lindsay Road

18th century warehouse with exhibits Old Schoolhouse, York on life and industry on the York River. YORK HARBOR OLD GAOL MUSEUM SAYWARDWHEELER HOUSE (1718) Lindsay Road & York Street (Route 1A) 79 Barrell Lane Built in 1719 as the King’s Prison for Open June 1-Oct 15; Tues, Thurs, the Province of Maine, the building con­ Sat, Sun 12-5. tains dungeons, cells and jailor’s quarters, exhibits reflecting local history Admission: $2.00 and regional decorative arts. One of the Originally built in 1718, it was oldest public buildings in English North remodeled and enlarged in the 1760’s by America. Jonathan Sayward, a local merchant and civic leader. Contains collections in­ cluding sets of Queen Anne and Chip­ pendale chairs. 19th century Sayward descendants began an effort to preserve the house virtually intact. Owned by SPNEA.

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BETHEL MOSES MASON HOUSE MUSEUM (1813) June & Sept by appt. 15 Broad Street Admission: No charge, donations Open July 1-Labor Day, Tues-Sun 1-4; welcome. Sept-June appts. (824-2908). Museum housed in 1890’s former fire Admission: Adults $1.00; Children station, contains collection of area under 12, 50$. historic items, including slides and Federal period house of a U.S. Con­ movies of local narrow gauge railroad. gressman restored to its original condi­ tion, has Rufus Porter murals in front BUCKFIELD hall, Chester Harding and folk art por­ traits, special exhibits and programs, OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL research facilities with materials (Union Church) (1830-31) relating to Oxford County and the White High Street Mountains. Open House, Labor Day; other times by appt. (336-2517). Admission: Donations welcome. Late Federal church architecture, restored and containing collection of local artifacts.

BUXTON TORY HILL MEETING HOUSE (1822) Jet. of Rts. 202 and 112 Moses Mason House, Bethel Buxton Lower Corner

STEAM-ERA RAILROADIANA MUSEUM Open April-Oct, daily 8-5. Route 26 Admission: No charge. Open July 1 - Oct 1, Daily 10-5. Occupies site of earlier church dating Admission: None. from 1760. “ Old Peabody Pew” written by Kate Douglas Wiggin for this church, Collection of more than 140 years of performed here annually in August. steam-era railroad artifacts, memorabilia and photos. Heavily oriented toward Grand Trunk Railway. CASCO BRIDGTON FRIENDS SCHOOLHOUSE (1841) Raymond-Casco Historical Society BRIDGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Open by appt. (627-4350). MUSEUM Admission: No charge. Gibbs Avenue July & Aug, daily (ex. Sun) 1-4;

12 One-room schoolhouse retained as FRYEBURG last used for school purposes, contain­ ing many school related items of local FRYEBURG FAIR FARM MUSEUM historical interest. Route 5, Fryeburg Fair Grounds Open Fryeburg Fair Week (1st week in Oct) 9-9. FARMINGTON Admission: No charge, once on the grounds. LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM Collections of early farm tools, (1852) machinery, farm homestead items. Routes 2 & 4, West Farmington Depictions of early Fryeburg industries Open July 1-Fri before Labor Day — blacksmith, tinsmith, etc. Daily weekend, daily 10-5. Other times by demonstrations of various early trades appt. (645-2214). and crafts. Admission: No charge. FRYEBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY Restored 19th century school building, 98 Main Street desks, books, lunchboxes, and other memorabilia. Also functions as local in­ Open year round; Tues-Thurs and Sat formation center. 11-5; Fri 5-8. Admission: No charge.

NORDICA HOMESTEAD MUSEUM Located in 1832 stone schoolhouse. Many paintings by local artists. Lincoln (c. 1840) Holley Road, off Route 4 memorabilia. Clarence Mulford collec­ tion (creator of Hopalong Cassidy). His Open June-Labor Day, Tues-Sun books, reference collection, gun collec­ 10-noon & 1-5; May, Sept & Oct by appt. tion. Other collections of Maine books; (778-2042). historical costumes. National Register Admission: $1.00. of Historic Places. Birthplace of Lillian Norton, world famous opera singer (Lillian Nordica). JAY Homestead collection has concert gowns, stage jewels, programs, music HOLMES-CRAFTS HOMESTEAD (c. 1820) and other objets d’art from her career Route 4-Jay Hill and homes. Family Colonial furniture, Open June-Sept by appt. (645-2653 or antiques. 645-2723). Federal-style house, preserved and furnished period fashion. Annual open FARMINGTON FALLS house and sale the second Saturday in UNION MEETING HOUSE (1826) August. Route 2 Open by appt. (778-2569 or 778-2445) Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Restored Federal-style church, has been used by four denominations over the years. Now serves as the Farmington Falls Union Baptist Church.

Holmes-Crafts Homestead, Jay

13 KEZAR FALLS HISTORY HOUSE (1875) Main Street-Route 160 Open mid-June-Labor Day, Thurs 2-4:30; Also by appt. (625-4667). Admission: Donations welcome. Local memorabilia — old flags, books, clothing, maps. Portland-built piano from Longfellow’s birthplace. Large col­ lection of foreign dolls, pictures. Norlands Living History Center, Livermore

KINGFIELD NAPLES STANLEY MUSEUM NAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY School Street MUSEUM The Village Green, Route 302 Open May thru foliage season (into October), Tue-Sun 1-4 and by Open by appt. only. appt. (265-2729). Admission: No charge, donations Admission: No charge, donations welcome. welcome. Museum complex includes museum Housed in 1903 Stanley School, building, jail, bandstand. Collections of museum displays cover all facets of local historical items, including the slide Stanley family history and memorabilia, presentations on Cumberland and Oxford from air-brush painting and photography Canal and Sebago-Long Lake Steam­ to violins and the steam car. A 1905 boats. Stanley Model CX auto on exhibit. NEW GLOUCESTER LIVERMORE THE SHAKER MUSEUM Route 26 NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER Norlands Road, 11/2 mi. N. of Route 108 Open May 30-Columbus Day, Mon-Sat 10-4:30; (926-4597). Open July & Aug, Wed-Sun 10-4 for general tours of all buildings. Admission: Adults $2.50; Children No reservation required. (under 12) $1.25; (under 6) free. Admission: Adults $3.50; Students $1.50. A living museum situated in America’s Group rates available. oldest religious community. Shaker fur­ niture, textiles, tin and woodenware, folk A 430-acre living history complex re­ art, early American tools & farm imple­ creates life in the 19th century. A work­ ments. Guide service, museum shop, ing farm with barn and farmer’s cottage, Shaker store. church, stone library and Victorian man­ sion of Maine’s famous Washburn fam­ ily, are all open to visitors on general NEWFIELD tours. Group experiences varying in length from 2 hours to 3 days and nights WILLOWBROOK AT NEWFIELD are also available by advance reserva­ Main Street tion year round. Write: Norlands L.H.C., Open May 15-Sept 30, daily 10-5. Rd 2, Box 3395, Livermore Falls, Maine 04254. Tel. (207) 897-2236 or 897- Admission: Adults $4.00; Students 4918. (6-18) $2.50; under 6 free.

14 A complete 19th century restored PHILLIPS village. 27 buildings housing more than 10,000 items on display, including horse- PHILLIPS HISTORICAL SOCIETY drawn vehicles, tools, household and (c. 1832) farm implements. Two homesteads; Pleasant Street schoolhouse; “ trades of yesteryear” Open Aug, Fri & Sat 2-4. building housing barber shop, country Special tours can be arranged June bank, photo shop, toy display. through Oct. (639-2088 or 639-4001). Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Memorabilia of local first families. Extensive collection of narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Rail­ road material. Portland Glass collection. Old tools, quilts.

Willowbrook, New field

NORTH BRIDGTON SPRATTMEAD MUSEUM Bridgton Academy, Main Street

Open July-Aug by appt. (647-2330). Phillips Historical Society, Phillips Admission: No charge. Former machine shop (1898) contains SANDY RIVER RAILROAD PARK Indian artifacts, tools, birds, animals, Open May-Nov, 1st and 3rd Sundays of sea shells, red clay pottery exhibits. each month; by appt. (639-3001 or 353-8382). Admission: (Rides) Adults $1.50; Children PARIS (6-12) 75c; Children under 6 free. HAMLIN MEMORIAL HALL Restored narrow gauge train operates (Old Stone Jail) one mile rides on roadbed of original Paris Hill Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Rail­ Open year round. Summer, Tues-Sat 10-4; road. Several original cars and reproduc­ Winter, Tues-Fri 3-5; Sat 10-4. tion of Sandy River #4 locomotive. Rail­ Admission: No charge, donations road Museum, picnic area. welcome. Old stone jail was the Oxford County PORTER Jail until 1896, now houses public library and museum. American primitive art. PORTER OLD MEETING HOUSE (1820) Minerals from Oxford County, artifacts Colcord Pond Road, 1Va miles off Rt. 25 from Hamlin family. Hannibal Hamlin Open Labor Day Sunday 11 a.m., for was Vice President in Lincoln’s first annual service; by appt. May-Oct term. Building is next door to his (625-4667). childhood home (now private). Admission: Donations welcome.

15 Meeting House used for services by Students $1.50; Children under 12 50

RUMFORD CENTER RUMFORD AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM Lufkin School-Route 2 Open June-Oct 1, Wed 1-4; also by appt. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Boyhood Home, South Casco Admission: Donations welcome. Displays of local artifacts, photos, and books. Country store exhibit, old SOUTH WINDHAM tools. PARSON SMITH HOUSE (1764) 89 River Road SEBAGO Open June 15-Sept 7, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun 1-5. THE JONES GALLERY OF GLASS & Admission: $2.00. CERAMICS Douglas Mt. Road, off Route 107 A simple Georgian farmhouse in ap­ pearance, the interior reveals a mansion- Open May thru Nov. 16, Mon-Sat 9:30-5; type stairway and hall. Furnished in part Sun 1-5. with family pieces. Remarkable 18th Admission: Adults $2.50; Seniors and century kitchen. Owned by SPNEA.

16 STAN DISH Extensive museum display of Maine minerals assembled over a period of 66 DANIEL MARRETT HOUSE (1789) years, containing the finest specimens Route 25 in existence. Open June 15-Sept 7, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun 1-5. Admission: $2.00 WILTON A preservation home containing 18th WILTON HOME AND FARM MUSEUM & 19th century Marrett family furniture & Kineowatha Park, High Street wallpaper. Helen Keller memorabilia. Open July & Aug, Sun 1-4. Also during Restored turn of the century formal Wilton Blueberry Festival Days. perennial garden in full bloom through­ (inquire as to hours). By appt. (645-2091). out summer. Owned by the S.P.N.E.A. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Artifacts of 18th, 19th and 20th century living. Farm tools, household items. Documents and memorabilia of early history of Bass Shoe Co. and Wilton Woolen Co. Also special display of arti­ facts, pictures, and history of Wilton Academy (1867-1980), and Sylvia Hardy, known as “ The Maine Giantess” and bill­ ed by P.T. Barnam as “ The Tallest Lady in the World” . Daniel Marrett House, Standish

STRONG VANCE & DOROTHY HAMMOND HISTORICAL BUILDING Main Street Open May to Oct by appt. (684-4483). Admission: No charge. Historical Society collection of local artifacts housed in adjacent portion of school building that served as town’s first high school. Several arrangements are completed and several new items have been donated.

WEST PARIS PERHAM’S OF WEST PARIS Jet. Routes 26 & 219 Open April thru Dec, Daily 9-5; Jan thru Mar, Wed-Sun, 9-5. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission: No charge.

17 KENNEBEC VALLEY

AUBURN Home of James G. Blaine, U.S Presi­ dential candidate in 1884. Since 1919, ANDROSCOGGIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY official residence of Maine’s Governors. 2 Turner Street (County Building) Silver service from Battleship Maine and Open year round, Mon-Fri 1:30-5; artifacts from Blaine family. Closed Holidays. Admission: No charge. Museum and library containing genea­ logical information, displays and arti­ facts of local history. Furniture, dishes, linen, bird collection, few farming tools. Civil War memorabilia.

AUBURN FIRE DEPT. MUSEUM 550 Minot Avenue Open year round, daily 8-5. Blaine House, Augusta Admission: No charge. Collection of artifacts and photo­ graphs relating to fire-fighting in Auburn FORT WESTERN MUSEUM (1754) and vicinity. 1933 Ahren Fox Pumper. Bowman Street Open June 17-Labor Day, Mon-Sat 10-5; KNIGHT HOUSE (1796) Sun 1-5. Guided tours daily. Great Falls Plaza Admission: Adults $1.50; Seniors $1.00; Open July & Aug, Tues & Thurs 1:30-4. Children under 13, 50c; under 5, free. Admission: No charge, donations Built as a fortified supply house for welcome. the military garrison at Fort Halifax in Winslow. Oldest surviving example of a V/2 story Cape Cod, oldest frame colonial proprietary fort in New England. house in Auburn. Completely restored The “ main house” , designated a National and furnished. Herb garden. Adjacent Historic Landmark, is the primary artifact early two-man shoe shop showing tools and serves as the museum exhibit build­ and methods used prior to 1835. One- ing. Collections displayed in fourteen room shoe shop. period rooms, interpreting the building’s use as a fort, trading post, and residence AUGUSTA during the late 18th and early 19th cen­ turies. On site are reproduction block­ BLAINE HOUSE (1833) houses and stockade. 162 State Street Open year round, Mon-Fri 2-4; and by appt. Admission: No charge.

18 CHINA ALBERT CHURCH BROWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY Main Street Open year round, Tues & Thurs 2-5; Sat 10-Noon. Admission: No charge. 19th century period house contains Fort Western Museum, Augusta small museum with antique tools, spin­ ning wheels, candle molds. Library fur­ nished with antiques. MAINE STATE MUSEUM State Street (Capitol Complex) Open year round, Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 10-4; Sun 1-4. Admission: No charge. Official history museum for the state. Exhibits of natural history and cultural history. Special exhibits: “ Maine-ly Children: A Reflection of Child Life in Maine, 1860-1910” & "Right Shoulder, Arms.”

STATE CAPITOL BUILDING (1829) State Street Open year round, Mon-Fri 8-5. Admission: No charge. Constructed of Hallowed Granite, the building’s colonnaded front is a fine ex­ ample of the work of noted American Albert Church Brown Memorial Library, China architect Charles Bulfinch. Rotunda dis­ plays Maine battle flags. Portraits of FAIRFIELD former Maine Governors, Maine Law Library, Legislative Chambers, Office of LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY the Governor. Lawrence Avenue Open year round, Mon, Wed, Thurs 1-8; Tues and Fri 10-5. Admission: No charge. Library houses collections of the Fair- field Historical Society. Photographs, documents, town records and corres­ pondence.

HINCKLEY L.C. BATES MUSEUM Route 201 State Capitol Building, Augusta Campus of Hinckley School

19 Open during the summer by appt. only. Admission: Donations welcome. Phone 453-7335. Complex of buildings exhibiting Admission: No charge, donations various aspects of 19th century rural welcome. Maine life. Stencil shop, silver play­ Natural history collection (birds, house, freight shed, carriage house, animals, shells, minerals, fossils). Also blossom house and museum, country Indian artifacts, antique farm equipment store, blacksmith shop. and other items relating to Maine’s rural pioneer heritage. NORTH VASSALBORO VASSALBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY MONMOUTH MUSEUM (1850) CUMSTON HALL (1900) Route 32 Main Street Open July-Mid-Sept, Wed and Sun 2-4. Open year round, Mon-Fri during Admission: Donations welcome. business hours. Additional hours during Local memorabilia — antiques, the summer. photos, manuscripts, maps, home and Admission: No charge. farm implements housed in office of Ornate Building of Middle Eastern former American Woolen Company. architectural features. Presently houses Monmouth town office, town library and PALERMO the Theater at Monmouth, a Victorian theater with hand-carved procenium DINSMORE GRAIN CO. MILL arch. Hand-painted cherubic frescoes on Main Street, Branch Mills Village the ceiling are the work of Maine’s Harry Inquire at Dinsmore’s Store H. Cochrane, muralist and writer. A pro­ (across the street) fessional acting company performs here Admission: No charge. July-Sept. Original mill operated by Dinsmore family from early 1800’s until late 1940’s. Water wheel, grain and corn grinding equipment still intact.

PITTSTON ARNOLD EXPEDITION HISTORICAL SOCIETY Off Route 27 Open July & Aug, Sat, Sun & Holidays 10-4 and by appt. (582-7080). Admission: Adults $1.50; Children 50c. under 6, no charge. Cumston Hall, Monmouth 1765 Major Reuben Colburn House, currently being authentically restored. Barn museum contains historic batteaux, MONMOUTH MUSEUM canoes and picture panels of Benedict Main & Maple Streets — intersection of Arnold’s March to Quebec. Carriage Route 132 and 135 House and small items gift shop also Open July 4-Labor Day, Tues-Sun 1-4; offer historic artifacts. House furnished year round by appt. (933-4444). with period pieces.

20 SKOWHEGAN SKOWHEQAN HISTORY HOUSE (1839) Norridgewock Avenue Open June 1-Sept 1, Tues-Sun 1-5; by appt. (474-3140 or 474-6632). Admission: Adults 754; children 504. 19th century furnishings and artifacts; local maps and documents, displayed in Greek Revival style brick house. All items used by persons who lived in Skowhegan at one time. Mai. Reuben Colburn House, Pittston

SOUTH SOLON POLAND SPRING SOUTH SOLON MEETING HOUSE (1842) STATE OF MAINE BUILDING (1893) Off Route 201 and ALL SOULS CHAPEL (1912) Open May-Nov, daily 8-8. Grounds of former Poland Spring Resort — Route 26 Admission: No charge. Open May, June, Sept weekends only; Gothic Revival Meeting House July thru Labor Day, Fri-Mon 9:30-3:30; decorated with frescoes by various Tue-Thur 9:30-noon. Maine artists during the 1950’s. Admission: Donations welcome. Queen Anne-style structure built by WATERVILLE State of Maine at Chicago’s Interna­ tional Exposition. Moved to Maine in REDINGTON MUSEUM AND 1895 and erected on grounds of former APOTHECARY (1814) Poland Spring House where it served for 64 Silver Street a time as a library. Open mid-May - mid-Sept, Tues-Sat 2-6; by appt. (872-9439). Admission: Adults and non-members $1.00. Houses exhibits of the Waterville His­ torical Society. Five period rooms, plus two large display rooms and a 19th cen­ tury apothecary. Displays of Civil War items, Indian relics, china and silver­ ware. Library contains local photos, manuscripts and diaries.

Redington Museum, Waterville State of Maine Building, Poland Spring

21 WATERVILLE-WINSLOW TWO CENT BRIDGE Front Street Open year round, daily 24 hours. Admission: No charge. Until recently, the only known remain­ ing toll footbridge in the U.S. Toll-taker’s house on Waterville side. No fee at pre­ sent.

WAYNE ANNIE LOUISE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY Fort Halifax, Winslow Old Winthrop Road — off Route 133 Open year round, Mon, Wed, Sat. WINSLOW HISTORICAL SOCIETY Admission: No charge. The Fort School, Lithgow Street Photographs, scrapbooks and memo­ Open May-Sept by appt. (872-2209). rabilia of noted opera singer Annie Admission: No charge. Louise Cary (1841-1921), a Wayne native. Greek Revival-style school building houses artifacts and photographs especially related to agriculture of the WINSLOW local area. FORT HALIFAX (1754) Route 201 Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 10-6. Admission: No charge. Oldest blockhouse in U.S. Part of a larger fortification built in 1754 to monitor travel on the Kennebec River and protect English settlements to the south.

22 MID-COAST

ALNA Winter Street Center (1844) 880 Washington Street ALNA CENTER SCHOOL (1795) Route 218 Open year-round; summer season May 25-Oct 20, daily 10-5. Open July & Aug, Sat 2-4; off season by appt. (586-5536). Boatride June 15-Oct 20. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Free Shuttle Bus June 22-Labor Day. Second oldest one-room schoolhouse in Maine. In general use as a school or Admission: May 25-Oct 20: town office until 1962. Early school fur­ Adults $4.50; Children $2.00; nishings. National Register. Family $12.50. Boat ride: Adults $2.00, Children $1.00. Oct 21-May 26: Adults $2.00, Children OLD ALNA MEETINGHOUSE (1789) $1.00 (Sewall House only). Group rates. Route 218 For further information call 443-1316. Open July & Aug. Sat 2-4; Extensive collections of paintings, off-season by appt. (586-5536). ship models, maritime related artifacts Admission: No charge, donations and thematic exhibits combined with on­ welcome. going boatbuilding, educational activi­ Especially well-preserved 18th century ties and traditional small craft. A boat meetinghouse. Original box pews and ride on the Kennebec River and a close hand hewn pillars supporting balcony. view of the oldest steam tug under U.S. National Register. Registry are included with admission. Special art exhibit: “ Maine and the Sea” at Winter Street Center. Special events all summer.

Old Aina Meetinghouse, Aina

BATH MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM Percy & Small Shipyard (1896) Percy & Small Shipyard, 263 Washington Street Maine Maritime Museum, Bath Sewall House (1844) 963 Washington Street

23 BELFAST Museum contains artifacts and litera­ ture pertinent to the region’s history and BELFAST, MUSEUM, INC. business activities. 66 Church Street Open June through Sept, Sun 1-4. CAMDEN For appt. year round (338-2078 or 338-1875). CONWAY HOMESTEAD AND MARY MEEKER CRAMER MUSEUM Admission: No charge. Conway Road, off Route 1 Local area artifacts and displays, Open July & Aug, Tue-Sun 1-5. scrapbooks and other materials. Includes paintings by Percy Sanborn. Admission: $1.50. Complex including Conway House (1770) and barn, blacksmith shop and BOOTHBAY museum. House has many period fur­ nishings and utensils. Barn houses col­ BOOTHBAY RAILWAY VILLAGE lections of carriages, sleighs, early farm Route 27 implements and tools. Museum displays Open mid-June - mid-Sept, daily society’s historic possessions; antique 9:30-5:30. glass, furniture, costumes, quilts, paint­ Admission: Adults $3.50; Children $2.00. ings, ship models, etc. Museum housed in two restored rail­ road stations, displays of items pertain­ ing to the steam railroading era. Steam train rides on narrow gauge railroad. Several restored buildings comprising village. Antique auto museum.

BOOTHBAY THEATER MUSEUM Corey Lane Open mid-June to mid-Oct, Mon-Sat, Conway House, Camden tours at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. by reservation; for reservation or appt. (633-4536). Admission: $4.00. CUSHING Housed in Nicholas Knight-Corey CUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY House (1784), National Register of MUSEUM Historic Places, museum displays varied Hathorn Point Road collection of theater memorabilia from 18th century to present, including por­ Open April-Oct by appt. (354-6239). traits, costumes, stage jewelry, figurines, Admission: Donations welcome. Actress Glass, posters, playbills, Various collections of old tools, photo­ autographs, manuscripts, toy theatres, graphs of local area, papers, ledgers, theatre models, etc. manuscripts of region. BOOTHBAY HARBOR DAMARISCOTTA BOOTHBAY REGION HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHAPMAN-HALL HOUSE (1754) McKown Street Main Street Open July-Aug, Fri, Sat, Mon 10-5. Open mid-June-Labor Day, Tues-Sun 1-5. Admission: 50$. Admission: $1.00.

24 Restored 18th century dwelling con­ FRIENDSHIP tains many period furnishings. Ell con­ FRIENDSHIP MUSEUM (1851) verted into a room for the exhibition of Intersection of Route 220 and local antiquities. Adjacent herb garden with 18th century rose bushes. Martin’s Point Road Open July-Labor Day, Mon-Sat 12-4; Sun 2-4. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. Former schoolhouse houses local memorabilia— mostly marine related, in­ cluding historical information on the Friendship Sloop.

HEAD TIDE

Chapman-Hall House, Damariscotta HEAD TIDE CHURCH (1838) Off Route 194 DRESDEN Open July & Aug, Sat 2-4 or by chance. Off-season by appt. (586-5643 or DRESDEN BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE 586-5690). & MUSEUM (1816) Route 128 Dedicated as the North Meetinghouse in 1838. An interesting Trompe L’oeil Open July-Aug; weekends 1-5 and window behind the pulpit is a picture of by appt. (737-2833). the central north window in the 1789 Admission: Donations welcome. Aina Meeting House (see Aina listing). Restored one-room schoolhouse con­ taining desks, text books and pictures from various local schools. Local flora and fauna display; exhibit highlighting local ice industry. Genealogical informa­ tion.

POWNALBOROUGH COURT HOUSE (1761) Route 128 Open July 2-Sept 1, Tue-Sat 10-4, Sun. 12-4. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 50c.

Oldest court building in Maine. One of Head Tide Church, Head Tide only four or five Colonial period court houses in the country still extant. Third floor in original condition. Old furnish­ ISLESBORO ings, maps, documents and portraits on display. Also exhibit illustrating the ice ISLESBORO HISTORICAL SOCIETY industry on Kennebec. Historical Society Building is open May- October, daily 10-4 (Sundays 1-4) during art exhibits, crafts, quilt and photo­ graphic shows.

25 Musical, dramatic, and interesting Oldest house in town, formerly used speaker programs scheduled some as town’s first school, later as post evenings during summer months. office and residence. Displays of island memorabilia avail­ able for viewing when building is open for public events and monthly Society NEWCASTLE meetings. ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH (1808) Academy Road SAILORS’ MEMORIAL MUSEUM Open year round, daily 9-sunset. AND LIGHTHOUSE (1850) Admission: No charge. Grindle Point (ferry dock) Oldest surviving Catholic church in Open June-Sept, Tues-Sun 10-4. New England. Professionally restored. Admission: No charge, donations Revere bell. Adjacent old cemetery. welcome. Collections of maritime and other historic coastal artifacts and materials, primarily concerned with local heritage.

LIBERTY OLD OCTAGONAL POST OFFICE (1867) Route 173 — Main Street Open June 10-Sept 15, Sat & Sun 1-4, and by appt. (589-4416 or 589-4347). Admission: No charge. Originally a harness shop, then a post office, now houses local artifacts- photos, deeds, publications. National Register of Historic Places.

MONHEGAN ISLAND THE MONHEGAN MUSEUM (1854) Lighthouse Hill Open July 1-Sept 15, daily 11:30-3:30 St. Patrick’s Church, Newcastle Admission: No charge, donations welcome. NORTH EDGECOMB House in former lighthouse keeper’s FORT EDGECOMB (1808-09) home, collections include exhibits on Old Fort Road, Davis Island flora, fauna, birds, marine life, geography, Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9-6. geology and human history of island. Admission: Adults 50c; Children under 12, free. MORRILL Two-storied octagonal, wooden block­ MORRILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY house and restored fortifications over­ MUSEUM (1805) looking the Sheepscot River. Built to pro­ tect Wiscasset, then the most important Open by appointment (342-5484). shipping center north of Boston. Inter­ Admission: No charge. pretive panels and picnic area.

26 PEMAQUID COLONIAL PEMAQUID (1626) Off Route 130 Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9:30-5:30. Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-12) 50c; under six, free. Site of extensive archaeological dig. Many foundations uncovered, believed to be early 1600’s settlement. Several thousand artifacts have been unearthed Fort Edgecomb, North Edgecomb and are housed in adjacent museum building. OWLS HEAD OWLS HEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Route 73— Knox County Airport, Owls Head Open May 1-Oct 31, daily 10-5; Nov-April, Mon-Fri only, 10-5. Admission: Adults $3.50; Children (under 12) $1.50; Senior Citizens $2.50. Landmark collection of ground and air vehicles in working order: planes, cars Colonial Pemaquid, Pemaquid and engines up to the ’40s in static dis­ play weekdays, some operating week­ FORT WILLIAM HENRY (1692) ends. Restoration workshop programs Off Route 130 Tues. and Thurs. evenings; energy build­ Open May 30-Labor Day, daily 9:30-5:30. ing; library; nature park. Write for sched­ ule of special events. Admission: Adults 50c; Children under 12, free. Replica of third of four English forts built on the site for defense against pirates and French. Historical and archaeological artifacts exhibited inside the fort.

HARRINGTON MEETING HOUSE & MUSEUM OF OLD BRISTOL (1772) Harrington Road Open July-Aug, Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat 2-4:30; By appt. June & Sept (677-2193 or 677-2728). Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head Admission: Donations welcome. Restored 18th Century Meeting House. Balcony houses old Bristol Museum. Historical documents, books, photo­ graphs and memorabilia. Adjoining old cemetery.

27 light and sound signals. Also Civil War uniforms & artifacts, ship models, scrim­ shaw, nautical exhibits, and even a doll collection. Changing exhibitions in the upstairs gallery. A “ please touch” museum — much that children can en­ joy — guided tours — museum shop — brochure.

WILLIAM A. FARNSWORTH HOMESTEAD (1850’s) Harrington Meeting House, Pemaquid 21 Elm Street Open June 1-Sept 30, Mon-Sat 10-5; PEMAQUID POINT Sun 1-5. Admission: $2.00. THE FISHERMEN’S MUSEUM End of Route 130 A typical prosperous businessman’s Open Memorial Day-Columbus Day, daily; residence of the Victorian Era, furnished Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 11-5; in the winter by and preserved in its original state. appt. (677-2726). Original furnishings, china. On the Na­ tional Register of Historic Places. Admission: Donations welcome. Located in former lighthouse keeper’s house. Articles and artifacts connected with Maine’s fishing industry. Photo­ graphs, charts, ship models.

PROSPECT FORT KNOX (1844) Rt. 174, off Rt. 1 Open May 1-Nov 1, daily 9-sunset. Admission: $2.00 per car. A massive granite fortification built in the mid-1800’s. The Fort consists of long underground tunnels and stairways, cannons, scenic river views. Picnic tables, charcoal stoves. William A. Farnsworth Homestead, Rockland

ROCKLAND WILLIAM A. FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM 19 Elm Street (MAINE’S LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM) Open year round, June 1-Sept 30, 104 Limerock Street Mon-Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5. Open June 1-Oct 15, daily 10-4; all year Closed Monday rest of year. by appt. (594-4950). Admission: Adults $2.00, Senior Admission: No charge. Citizens $1.00, Students (to 21) Free. Largest collection of lighthouse Extensive holdings of 18th through lenses and artifacts on display in the 20th century American, European and U.S.— buoys, lifesaving gear, working Oriental works of art presented in series

28 of changing exhibitions. Two new SOUTH BRISTOL galleries double available display space. Adjoining Farnsworth Homestead open OLD WALPOLE MEETING HOUSE (1772) during summer. South Bristol Road, Route 129 Open July 21 & 28, Aug 4 & 11 for Sunday Services at 3; or by appt. (563-5660). SEARSPORT Admission: No charge. PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM 18th Century Meeting House that Church Street stands today just as it was built; original Open Memorial Day weekend-Oct 15, box pews and pulpit with sounding Mon-Sat 9:30-5; Sun 1-5. board. Admission: Adults $2.50; Children 7-15, 75c; 6 and under, free. Senior citizens THOMPSON’S ICE HOUSE (1820’s) and group rates available. Route 129 Cluster of seven buildings housing ex­ Open daily year round (for outside hibits of marine paintings, models, ship viewing only). construction tools, oriental antiques Admission: No charge. and furniture, glass collection, whaling memorabilia. New permanent exhibits: Current family-operated, 150 year old “ Challenge of the Downeasters” , business using old tools for cutting. Ice “ Marine Paintings of Thomas and James is cut in adjacent pond and stored within E. Buttersworth” . New in 1985: “ Portrait double-walled house and insulated fur­ of a Seafaring Family: the Dow-Eaton ther with sawdust. Collection.” Buildings include former ship captains’ homes, original town hall and new Phillips Memorial Library.

Thompson’s Ice House, South Bristol

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport THOMASTON KNOX BUILDING (1789-1793) SEARSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lower Knox Street Main Street, Route 1 Open July-Sept; Tues, Wed, Thurs 2-4. Open July thru Sept, Wed-Sun 1-5; By appt. (548-2915). Original farmhouse of the Gen. Henry Knox estate, later used as a railroad sta­ Admission: Donations welcome. tion, now the home of the Thomaston Collection of local artifacts, photos, Historical Society. Currently being maps, clothing, town records. restored as a meeting place and museum for collections of, local memorabilia. Weaving demonstration Wednesdays.

29 UNION MATTHEWS MUSEUM OF MAINE HERITAGE AND "HODGE” ONE ROOM SCHOOL Union Fairgrounds Open July 1-Labor Day, Tues-Sun, Noon-5; Union Fair week: 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Tours by appt. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 25$; groups by appt. only (785-3281 or Knox Building, Thomaston 785-4109). Collections relating to Maine’s rural MONTPELIER life and heritage. Displays of farm High Street, just off Route 1 machinery, household items, ice tools, Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, toys. Separate carriage room. Wed-Sun 10-5. Admission: Adults $1.50; Children (6-12) UNITY 50$; under 6, free. Replica of original 1794 home built by MAINE TRIBAL UNITY MUSEUM General Henry Knox, U.S. Secretary of COLLECTION War in George Washington’s cabinet. Unity College Contains period furniture and artifacts, Open May 20-Aug 25 by appt. (948-3131). much of which belonged to Knox family. Admission: No charge. Collection displayed at Unity College THORNDIKE Gallery. Indian baskets and other arti­ facts; summer crafts workshops. BRYANT STOVE MUSEUM Routes 139 and 220 Open year round, Mon-Sat 7:30-5. VINALHAVEN Admission: No charge, donations VINALHAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY welcome. MUSEUM Collection of very early antique High Street stoves, column stoves, wood and coal Open June 15-Sept 15, daily 11-3; burning stoves, toy stoves, salesman’s by appt. (863-4969). samples stoves, old tiles. Admission: Donations welcome. Exhibits highlighting island life and in­ dustries. Fishing and seafaring instru­ ments, charts. Farming tools, Civil War portraits. Granite industry tools, photos. Galamander (on Town Common)-Granite lifting vehicle.

WALDOBORO

WALDOBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Route 220, near Jet. with Route 1 Open July and Aug, Tues-Sun 1-5. Bryant Stove Museum, Thorndike

30 Admission: Donations welcome. Museum complex of three buildings. Completely restored country school. Town cattle pound (1819). Early 20th cen­ tury farm kitchen; shipbuilding memora­ bilia, tools, documents, photos.

WISCASSET CASTLE TUCKER (1807) Lee Street (at end of High Street) Open July-Aug, Tues-Sat 11-4; June, Sept, Oct by appt. (882-7364). Admission: Adults $2.00; Children (6-12) 50c. Built by Judge Silas Lee in 1807, it was remodeled in 1858 and a distinctive por­ tico was added. Mid-century wallpaper and furnishings of sea-captain’s choice, Victorian kitchen. Freestanding ellip­ tical staircase. Lincoln County Jail, Wiscasset

MUSICAL WONDER HOUSE — MUSIC MUSEUM (1852) 18 High Street LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE MUSEUM Open June 1 through Oct 15, daily Federal Street 10-5. July & Aug by appt. only (882-6817). Admission charged for Guided Tours; Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 50c. Free admission to Museum Gift Shop. Contains local firefighting equipment See and Hear one of the finest private dating from 1803. collections of Antique Musical Boxes, Player-Pianos and related instruments in an 1852 Sea Captain’s home with a Fly­ ing Staircase. Guided Tours include 7 rooms— Concerts during July & Aug (call for reservations: 882-7163). LINCOLN COUNTY MUSEUM (1837) AND OLD JAIL (1811) Federal Street Open June 29-Sept 1; Tues-Sun 10-4. Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 50c. Mid-nineteenth century granite jail with walls more than three feet thick, jailor’s home with period furnishings and tool exhibit.

Musical Wonder House— Music Museum, Wiscasset 31 NICKELS-SORTWELL HOUSE (1807) Cor. Main and Federal Streets— Route 1 Open June 1-Sept 30; Wed-Sun 12-5. Admission: $2.00. Elegant high-style Federal mansion built for Capt. William Nickels, promi­ nent shipmaster in Wiscasset’s lumber trade. Of particular interest inside is the elliptical stairway which ascends to the third level, where a skylight bathes the entire stairwell in a subtle, uniform light. Owned by SPNEA. Nickels-Sortwell House, Wiscasset

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BANGOR BANGOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY Open June 17-Aug 29; Mon, Tues & Thurs MUSEUM at 2 PM for lecture and audio/visual (Thomas A. Hill House 1834) presentation. Closed July 4 and 159 Union Street August 15 weekend. Open February to mid-December, Admission: No charge. Tues-Fri and Sun 12-4. One of the world’s largest centers for Admission: Adults $1.00; Students 25c. mammalian genetics research. Scientists Greek revival home with a restored first conduct basic research for insight into floor interior and second floor exhibit human diseases such as cancer, room. diabetes, birth defects, heart disease, anemias.

ISAAC FARRAR MANSION (1845) 166 Union Street THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Eden Street, Route 3 Open year round, Mon-Fri 8-12; by appt. only (942-6746). Open mid-June thru Labor Day, Daily 9-4. Admission: Donation. Admission: Adults $1.50; Children Carefully restored one-time Greek revi­ (under 12) 50c. val mansion, residence of Isaac Farrar, Bangor lumberman. Marble fireplaces, in­ Museum houses exhibits explaining tricately carved woodwork, mahogany the marine and land mammals, seabirds, paneling, stained glass windows. birds of prey, songbirds and plant life of Mount Desert Island and the Gulf of Maine. Whale programs daily at 11:00. BAR HARBOR Discovery corner for children. Evening programs (7:30 PM Wed) July and BAR HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY August. MUSEUM 34 Mt. Desert Street (Jesup Memorial Library) ROBERT ABBE MUSEUM OF STONE AGE ANTIQUITIES Open June 17-Sept 14, Mon-Sat 1-4; Sieur de Monts Spring and by appt. during winter (288-3838). Acadia National Park Admission: No charge. Open May 12-Oct 21, daily. Large collection of early photographs May-June and Sept-Oct 10-4; of local hotels, steamers, cottages, Green July-Aug 9-5. Mountain cog railroad, hotel registers, Admission: 50c; student groups original Life Magazine photos and per­ welcome at no charge. sonal accounts of the 1947 fire. Exhibits include stone and bone tools; Basketry and pottery of prehistoric In­ THE JACKSON LABORATORY dian occupations. Listed on the National Route 3, 3Vi miles south of town. Register of Historic Places.

33 BLUE HILL #19, 61 Main Street, Bangor, Maine 04401. Or call (207) 942-4228. HOLT HOUSE (1815) Blue Hill Historical Society Water Street BROOKSVILLE Open July-Aug, Tues & Fri 2-5. BROOKSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Admission: Donations welcome. MUSEUM Restored Federal period home; period Route 176, Brooksville Center furnishings. Artifacts, records and other Open July & Aug, Wed & Sun 1-4; memorabilia relating to the history of By appt. Blue Hill. Restored stencils are of Admission: None; Donations optional. special interest. Carriage House con­ tains examples of early local industries. Brooksville area memorabilia; genea­ logical records, period clothing, misc. records, farm tools, household items. JONATHAN FISHER MEMORIAL (1814) New wing housing changing exhibits. Main Street (Route 15) south of town Open July 1 - mid-Sept, Tues & Fri 2-5; Sat 10-12. BUCKSPORT Admission: $1.00. BUCKSPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY House built by Jonathan Fisher, the MUSEUM (1874) town’s first settled minister, in 1814. Main Street Paintings, furniture, manuscripts and Open July & Aug, Wed-Fri 1-4; other unique productions from his own By appt. (469-2591). hand. Admission: 50c. Old Maine Central Railroad Station (1874) houses items of local and general history. Exhibits on Admiral Robert E. Peary, Jonathan Buck and local memorabilia.

BURLINGTON STEWART M. LORD MEMORIAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM Route 188 Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Blue Hill Open July 1-Sept 1, Sun 2-4. Admission: No charge. BRADLEY One time general store contains local logging equipment, farm implements MAINE FOREST AND LOGGING and photographs. Adjacent Harry S. MUSEUM Shorey Memorial Building contains dis­ 254-acre site on Blackman Stream plays of 19th century household items in planned as location of a proposed "liv­ a kitchen, parlor and bedroom arrange­ ing history” museum program — to ment. show what 18th, 19th & 20th century life was like in the Maine woodlands. Addi­ tional details available by writing: Maine Forest and Logging Museum, Inc., Office

34 CASTINE ALLIE RYAN MARITIME COLLECTION Quick Hall Maine Maritime Academy Summer (thru late Sept): Mon, Wed, Frl 10-12 and 1-4 (Closed holidays). Fall and Winter by appt. (326-4311, ext. 254). Admission: No charge. Museum features the Allie Ryan Mari­ time Collection which contains 19th cen­ John Perkins House, Castine tury Atlantic Maritime Heritage in sail and steam with models, photos, paint­ MARITIME TRAINING SHIP ings, instruments, newspapers, ship “STATE OF MAINE” documents and a marine library. Sea Street Open after July 1, daily 9-12 and 1-4. BLACKSMITH SHOP & HEARSE HOUSE Admission: No charge. (early & mid-19th century) Guided tours of T/V “ State of Maine,” Perkins Street training ship for the Maine Maritime (on the grounds of the Wilson Museum) Academy (Campus nearby). Open July & Aug. Wed & Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Two late 19th century hearses (winter and summer models). Also working smith.

FORT GEORGE (1779) Open May 30-Labor Day, daily — daylight hours. Admission: No charge. Earthworks constructed in 1779 by T/V “State of Maine”, Castine British to protect their interests in the Province of Maine and Canada. WILSON MUSEUM Perkins Street JOHN PERKINS HOUSE (1763-1783) Perkins Street Open May 27-Sept 30, Tues-Sun 2-5. Open July & Aug, Wed-Sun 2-5. Admission: No charge. Admission: $2.00. Worldwide collection of artifacts from prehistoric times to present. Geology Only pre-Revolution building in area, and maritime collections. Exceptional restored and furnished in period style North American Indian material. Chang­ with family and local pieces. Guided ing art exhibits. tours-crafts workers.

35 CORINNA STANWOOD HOMESTEAD MUSEUM (1850) STEWART FREE LIBRARY (1897) Route 3-Bar Harbor Road Pleasant Street Open June 15-Oct 15, daily 10-4; Open year round, Mon-Fri 9-11:30; 1-4:30. By appt. (667-8460 or 667-8932 Admission: Donations welcome. rest of year. Late Victorian architecture. Legal and Sanctuary open year round. personal library of building’s donor, con­ Admission: Homestead: Adults $1.00; tains photographs of local early settlers. Children 50c. Sanctuary: no admission, donations welcome. Museum is a memorial to Cordelia J. DEER ISLE Stanwood, pioneer ornithologist, photo­ SALOME SELLERS HOUSE (c. 1830) grapher and author. 100 acre woodland Route 15A, Sunset sanctuary adjacent, includes 8 trails and 4 ponds. Museum contains Stanwood Open June 29-Sept 8, Wed, Sat, Sun 2-5; family furnishings and a collection of By appt. (348-2553). mounted birds, eggs, etc. Famous bar­ Admission: Donations welcome. red owl “ Ollie” sheltered with the Restored and furnished period home, rehabilitated birds: owls, hawks, and as well as adjacent museum of Deer Isle- small birds of this area. Gardens, picnic Stonington Historical Society. Marine area, gift shop. exhibits and photos, local artifacts, Library.

DEXTER DEXTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (1853) Main Street Open June 10-Sept 14, Mon-Sat 1-4. Admission: No charge, donations welcome. 1853 Grist mill converted to museum. Stanwood Homestead Museum, Ellsworth Local artifacts, photos, manuscripts, let­ ters, farm implements. Large doll collec­ tion. FRANKLIN FRANKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELLSWORTH Sullivan Road, Route 200 Open June 18-Labor Day; Tues-Thurs 2-4. COLONEL BLACK MANSION (1826) Also by appt. (565-3635 or West Main Street 565-3659). Open June 1-Oct 15, Mon-Sat 10-5. Admission: Donations welcome. Admission: Adults $2.00; Children $1.00 Society collections houses in old Bap­ (Guided tour). tist church, including local photographs, Modified Georgian-type period home, documents, tools relating to the granite, richly furnished. Authentic period furni­ lumbering and shipbuilding industries. ture, china, glass. Restored garden, car­ riage house.

36 HAMPDEN structed foot bridge crosses stream con­ necting old museum with new one con­ HAMPDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY structed for greater display of historical “ Kinsley House” Museum artifacts. 83 Main Road, Route 1A Open June 1-Aug 31, Tues 10-4; Sat 10-3 or by prior appt. (862-3003). NEWBURGH Admission: No charge. JABEZ KNOWLTON OLD COUNTRY Society maintains collections of STORE MUSEUM (1839) genealogical information, town records, Route 9 & 202 deeds and documents. Open April-Nov by appt. (234-2381). Admission: No charge. ISLESFORD Obsolete store merchandise from last (LITTLE CRANBERRY ISLAND) half of the 19th century in original set­ ting of counters, bins, shelves and fix­ ISLESFORD HISTORICAL MUSEUM tures. Listed on National Register of Open June 23-Sept 15, daily 10-4. Historic Places. Admission: No charge. Exhibits on early history of region known as Acadia. Artifacts, pictures, household tools and furnishings of early Mount Desert. Records of Cranberry isles families.

LEE LEE HISTORICAL MUSEUM Route 6 Open June-Oct, Sun 1-4; Tues 6-8. By appt. (738-2241). Jabez Knowlton Old Country Store Museurr, Newburgh Admission: None, donations accepted. Collections of local memorabilia. Farm and household tools and im­ OLD TOWN plements, furniture, pictures. Variety of unrelated articles brought to Lee. OLD TOWN MUSEUM North Fourth Street Extension Open June 7-Aug 17, Wed-Sun 1-5. MOUNT DESERT (SOMESVILLE) Admission: No charge. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND Former water works building houses HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM artifacts depicting historical Old Town. Main Street - Route 102 Logging items, early photos. Original Open July 15-Labor Day, birch bark canoe. Sun 2:30-5; by appt. (244-7355). Admission: No charge, donations PENOBSCOT NATION HISTORICAL welcome. SOCIETY Maps, deeds, records and other arti­ Indian Island facts of local area. Collection housed in Open year round, Mon-Frl 10-4; original selectman’s office. Newly con­ by appt. (827-6545).

37 Admission: Donations welcome. Cattle Pound (1827), Rural Cemetery Indian museum and library detailing (1794), First Baptist Church (1805) the complete history of the Penobscot (Listed in National Register of Historical Nation. Artifacts, photos and religious Places). items. SOUTHWEST HARBOR ORLAND MOUNT DESERT OCEANARIUM ORLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Clark Point Road Main Street-Route 175 Open mid-May - mid-Oct, Mon-Sat 9-5. Open July & Aug, Wed & Sat 2-4. (Closed Sun; open all holidays.) Admission: No charge. Admission: Adults $3.00; Children (5-12) $2.00. Tools, housewares, pictures of local area. Mineral collection. Military uni­ Exhibits on commercial fishing, forms from several wars. Special pro­ waves, tides, sea water; touch tank with grams third Wednesday evening of the informed staff person available to talk month, June-Sept. about marine life. Twenty-five aquariums with Maine sea life. Exten­ sive talk on the lobster. A “ hands-on” ORONO museum. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF South Stevens Hall— UM Campus BIRD CARVING Main Street and Herrick Road-Route 102 Open all University sessions, Mon-Fri 9:30-4:00 p.m.; by appt. (581-1901). Open Jan-April for groups by appt. (244-7555). Admission: No charge. May and mid-Oct thru Dec, Material relating to American Indians, Fri-Sun 12-4. Africa, the Arctic and Oceania. Exhibits June-mid-Oct, tue-Fri 10-4; on weapon and tool development, fossil Sat, Sun 12-4. man and race. Special sections on Maine Indians and Maine prehistory. Admission: Adults $2.50; Children (under Frequent exhibits on loan collections 12) 50$. from other institutions. Museum houses a permanent collec­ tion of more than 200 wood carvings by local townsman Wendell Gilley, na­ SEDGWICK tionally acclaimed carver. Also exhibits of works of other historical and contem­ REV. DANIEL MERRILL HOUSE (1795) porary carvers. Documentary film on AND HISTORIC AREA Gilley, natural history films, carving Route 172, one mile north of demonstrations, classes offered. junction with Route 175 Open July & Aug, Sun 2-4. Admission: None Home of town’s first minister, who was also a founder of Colby College. Collections of tools, household items, memorabilia, local history library; head­ quarters of Sedgwlck-Brooklin Historical Society. Adjacent to Town House (1794),

38 SULLIVAN WINTER HARBOR SULLIVAN-SORRENTO HISTORICAL OLD SCHOOL HOUSE (1855) SOCIETY Open July and Aug. For further Informa­ Sorrento-Sullivan Recreation Center tion call (963-5818 or 963-7415). Route 1, West Sullivan Admission: No charge, donations Open July & Aug, Tues & Sat 1-4; welcome. and by appt. (422-6253). Recently renovated and restored Admission: No charge, donations Winter Harbor Grammar School. To welcome. house collections of the local Historical Exhibit room houses collections of Society. artifacts, photographs, newspaper clip­ pings, books of the local area. Occa­ sional special changing displays.

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DOVERFOXCROFT KATAHDIN IRON WORKS BLACKSMITH SHOP MUSEUM (1863) KATAHDIN IRON WORKS (1843) Chandler Road, off Route 153 From Route 11,5 miles north of Brown- Open April-Oct, daily 8-8. ville Junction, take gravel road (left) six miles to Iron Works. Admission: Donations welcome. Open May 30-Labor Day. Restored Civil War period blacksmith shop retains much of the original equip­ Admission: No charge. ment still in place. Anvil, bellows, ox- Restored stone blast furnace and char­ lifter, other pieces. coal kiln on site of 19th century iron works that annually produced some 2,000 tons of raw iron for nearly fifty years.

Blacksmith Shop Museum, Dover-Foxcroft

GREENVILLE S/S “KATAHDIN” (1914) & MOOSEHEAD MARINE MUSEUM Pritham Avenue Katahdin Iron Works Museum open year round, 8-5 daily. Cruises July 1-mid-October (weather permitting). MONSON Admission (museum): No charge, MONSON MUSEUM (1889) donations welcome. Main Street— Route 15 Museum is home of Lake Steamer Open mid-June thru Aug; time & days “ Katahdin” , the vessel used on the last announced in June; other times June log drive in the U.S. Artifacts and photos thru Oct by appt. (997-3792). concerning the steamboat era on Moosehead Lake; logging; and the Admission: Donations requested. Mount Kineo Hotel, considered one of Local memorabilia and artifacts. the finest resort properties in the world Tools, cheese press, snow roller, Seth during its heyday. Steward paintings. Some articles per­

40 taining to the local narrow gauge rail­ Steam and gasoline log haulers, trac­ road and the slate quarries. Special ex­ tors, working model of saw mill. 1820 hibits planned for each month. logging camp, double camp, blacksmith shop, boom jumper and pusher boats. Photos, dioramas. PATTEN PATTEN LUMBERMAN’S MUSEUM Route 159, V2 mile west of Patten Open Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day, Tues-Sat 9-4; Sun 11-4. Labor Day- Columbus Day, Sat & Sun. Also to groups on other days by appt. (528-2650 or 528-2547). Admission: Adults $2.00; Children (6-12) $1.00; (under 6) free. School groups free. Donations appreciated. Lumberman’s Museum, Patten 3,000 artifacts housed in nine build­ ings tracing Maine’s lumbering history.

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CHERRYFIELD Mon-Fri 1-5; by appt. (255-4432). CHERRYFIELD-NARRAQUAQUS Admission: Adults $1.00; Children 25c. HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oldest building in eastern Maine; the Main Street, just off Route 1 only one with Revolutionary War history. Open May-Oct by appt. (546-7979 or Two-storied gambrel-roofed structure 546-7937). Open 9-3, June 29. houses period furnishings and artifacts, Open July & Aug, Wed & Sat 1-4. including items relating to the capture of the “ Margaretta” (first naval battle of Admission: No charge. Revolution— 1775). Photographs of early Cherryfield. Tools and household items of 1850-1920 era. Genealogical information.

COLUMBIA FALLS RUQQLES HOUSE (1818) Vi mile off U.S. Route 1 Open June 1-Oct 15, Mon-Sat 9:30-4:30; Sun 11-4:30. Admission: 50c. Federal-style home features intricately hand-carved interiors and magnificent Burham Tavern, Machias flying staircase. Restored and furnished with period pieces. STEAM LOCOMOTIVE “LION” (1846) University of Maine at Machias campus — O’Brien Avenue Open year round, daily, during normal business hours. Admission: No charge. 1846 narrow gauge steam locomotive, once part of the Whitneyville-Machias- port Railroad. Housed in a special building near the UMM Gym. Also, Bi­ centennial Conestoga Wagon on display. Ruggles House, Columbia Falls

MACHIAS BURNHAM TAVERN (1770) Main & Free Streets— Route 192 Open July to Labor Day,

42 Steam Locomotive "Lion" (left), Machias

MACHIASPORT CAMPOBELLO, GATES HOUSE (c. 1807) NEW BRUNSWICK Route 92 ROOSEVELT CAMPOBELLO PARK Open June-Sept, Mon-Fri 10-4. Route 774, Welshpool Admission: Donations welcome. Open May 25-Oct 11, daily 9-5. Federal-style house has several Admission: No charge. rooms furnished in period fashion. Summer home (1897) of the late U.S. Maritime room has exhibits, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt. House ship models, also a maritime and includes original furnishings of the genealogical library and general exhibits Roosevelt family. 2,600 acre natural room. area. Picnic sites, vistas, lookout on Friar’s Head and Eagle Hill.

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ALLAGASH FORT KENT ALLAQASH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FORT KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Route 161 MUSEUM Open May 1-Oct 15, Tues-Sat, Market Street noon-4. Open May 15-Labor Day, weekends Admission: No charge. 10-4 and by appt. (834-3933). Log House Museum houses local gene­ Admission: Donations welcome. alogical records, photos, history of area Museum located in former Bangor & lumbering, artifacts, military section. Aroostook Railroad station. Contains ex­ hibits on Fort Kent’s economic and social history, with emphasis on lumber­ ASHLAND ing and agriculture. ASHLAND LOGGING MUSEUM Garfield Road FORT KENT BLOCKHOUSE (1840) Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 10-6. Block House Street— just off Route 1 Admission: No charge. Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 9-5; by appt. (834-3155). Museum building with blacksmith shop and two machine sheds housing Admission: No charge. artifacts and exhibits including log- Wooden blockhouse erected as part haulers and sleds, relating to lumbering of military preparation vs. Canada industry. resulting from long-standing controver­ sy as to the location of Maine’s nor­ theastern boundary. Contains museum CARIBOU displays of lumbering artifacts and equipment. Interpretive panels depict NYLANDER MUSEUM events of that era. 393 Main Street Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, Wed-Sun 1-5; also by appt. (493-4474 or 493-3098). Open thru Oct 20 (1985) due to a special exhibit. Fossils, rocks, minerals, butterflies and shells collected by Olof Nylander, Swedish-born geologist and naturalist; pioneer relics, Indian artifacts; changing exhibits.

Fort Kent Memorial, Fort Kent HOULTON Admission: No charge, donations welcome. SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK HISTORICAL AND ART MUSEUM Replica of 1870 community hall hous­ 109 Main Street ing various handcrafted articles of the early Swedish settlers, farm and lumber­ Open June 3-Sept 27, Mon-Fri 10-12; ing equipment. Lindsten Stuga — 1-4 and by appt. (532-3050). restored cabin home of early settlers. Exhibits and displays of area and Aroostook County artifacts and memorabilia. STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM MUSEUM ISLAND FALLS Corner of Main and Lake Streets, off Route 161 MUSEUM OF VINTAGE FASHION Open July 1-Labor Day, Wed-Sun 1:30- (1894) 4:30; weekdays by appt. thru Sept. Route 2 (896-5279). Open May-Oct by appt. (862-3797). Admission: No charge, donations Eleven rooms on three floors holding welcome. displays of antique fashions. Each room Museum building served as town’s features a particular theme — “ Roaring first store and first post office. Houses Twenties” ; “ World of Furs” ; Bridal local history collection of photos and Shoppe; Haberdashery Shoppe; Old artifacts, town and family histories. Fashioned Bedroom; and much more.

VAN BUREN MADAWASKA ACADIAN VILLAGE MADOUESK HISTORIC CENTER & Route 1 ACADIAN CROSS HISTORIC SHRINE U.S. Route 1 Open June 15-Sept 15, Mon-Sat 12-5; Sun noon-5; by appt. (868-2691 or Open June 8 thru Labor Day, 868-3972). Mon-Fri 9:30-4:30; Sun 1:30-4:30; by appt. (Bernette Albert, P.O. Box 258; Admission: Adults $2.00; Children under 12, $1.00. or Geraldine Chasse, R #1, Box 59, Madawaska 04756). Collection of 16 reconstructed and re­ Admission: No charge. located buildings dating from 1785 to early 1900’s to show the embodiment of Museum features Acadian artifacts as the Acadian culture. All are period fur­ well as those of local historical value. nished— houses, barns, RR station, Complex includes preservation of a 100- school, shoe shop, blacksmith shop, year old schoolhouse. Shrine commemo­ general store, barber shop and church rates the first Acadian landing site in the with grotto. St. John Valley.

NEW SWEDEN NEW SWEDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Off Route 161 Open June-Aug, daily. Tue-Sat noon-5. Sun 2-5; and by appt. during closed season (896-5639, 896-5526 or 896-5801).

45 Acadian Village, Van Buren

46 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOMES

F a c ilit y Location Page F a c ility Location Page Robert Abbe Museum of Counting House-Old Ber­ Stone Age Antiquities Bar Harbor 33 wick Historical Society S. Berwick 9 Acadian Village Van Buren 45 Cumston Hall Monmouth 20 Allagash Historical Society Allagash 44 Cushing Historical Society Aina Center School Aina 23 Museum Cushing 24 Androscoggin Historical Dexter Historical Society Society Auburn 18 Museum Dexter 36 Arnold Expedition Dinsmore Grain Co. Mill Palermo 20 Historical Society Pittston 20 Neal Dow Memorial Portland 7 Ashland Logging Museum Ashland 44 Dresden Brick School Auburn Fire Dept. Museum Auburn 18 House & Museum Dresden 25 Vance & Dorothy Emerson-Wilcox House York 10 Hammond Historical William A. Farnsworth Art Building Strong 17 Museum & Library Rockland 28 Bangor Historical Museum Bangor 33 William A. Farnsworth Bar Harbor Historical Homestead Rockland 28 Society Museum Bar Harbor 33 Isaac Farrar Mansion Bangor 33 L. C. Bates Museum Hinckley 19 First Parish Church Brunswick 3 Baxter House & Museum Gorham 4 First Parish Church Portland 7 Belfast Museum Inc. Belfast 24 First Parish Meeting Biddeford Historical House Biddeford 3 Society Biddeford 3 Jonathan Fisher Memorial Blue Hill 34 Blacksmith Shop & Hearse The Fisherman's Museum Pemaquid House Castine 35 Point 28 Blacksmith Shop Museum Dover- Fort Edgecomb N. Edgecomb 26 Foxcroft 40 Fort George Castine 35 Blaine House Augusta 18 Fort Halifax Winslow 22 Boothbay Railway Village Boothbay 24 Fort Kent Historical Boothbay Region Boothbay Society Fort Kent 44 Historical Society Harbor 24 Fort Kent Blockhouse Fort Kent 44 Boothbay Theater Museum Boothbay 24 Fort Knox Prospect 28 Bowdoin College Museum Fort Popham Phippsburg 6 of Art Brunswick 3 Fort Western Museum Augusta 18 Brick Store Museum Kennebunk 5 Fort William Henry Pemaquid 27 Bridgton Historical Society Franklin Historical Society Franklin 36 Museum Bridgton 12 Friends School House Casco 12 Brooksville Historical Friendship Museum Friendship 25 Society Brooksville 34 Fryeburg Fair Farm Albert Church Brown Museum Fryeburg 13 Memorial Library China 19 Fryeburg Public Library Fryeburg 13 Bryant Stove Museum Thorndike 30 Gates House Machias port 43 Bucksport Historical Wendell Gilley Museum of Southwest Society Museum Bucksport 34 Bird Carving Harbor 38 Burnham Tavern (1770) Machias 42 Hamilton House S. Berwick 9 Annie Louise Cary Hamlin Memorial House Paris 15 Memorial Library Wayne 22 Hampden Historical Hampden 37 Captain Alfred Skolfield- John Hancock Warehouse York 11 Whittier House Museum Brunswick 3 Enoch Harrington House Freeport 4 Castle Tucker Wiscasset 31 Harrington Meeting House Joshua L. Chamberlain & Museum of Old Bristol Pemaquid 27 Civil War Museum Brunswick 4 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Chapman-Hall House Damariscotta 24 Boyhood Home S. Casco 16 Cherryfield-Narraguagus Head Tide Church Head Tide 25 Historical Society Cherryfield 42 Historic First Church Children’s Museum of Museum Wells 10 Maine Portland 6 History House Kezar Falls 14 Colonel Black Mansion Ellsworth 36 Holmes-Crafts Homestead Jay 13 Colonial Pemaquid Pemaquid 27 Holt House Blue Hill 34 Conway Homestead and Hunnewell House Scarborough 9 Mary Meeker Cramer Hussey Manufacturing Museum Camden 24 Company Museum N. Berwick 6

47 F a c ility L o c a tio n P a g e F a c ilit y Location Page Islesboro Historical Society Isleboro 25 Naples Historical Society Islesford Historical Museum Naples 14 Museum Islesford 37 The Natural History The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor 33 Museum Bar Harbor 33 Jefferds Tavern York 11 New Sweden Historical Sarah Orne Jewett Society Museum New Sweden 45 Memorial S. Berwick 10 Nickels-Sortwell House Wiscasset 32 The Jones Gallery of Glass Nordica Homestead & Ceramics Sebago 16 Museum Farmington 13 Katahdin Iron Works Katahdin Norlands Living History Iron Works 40 Center Livermore 14 Kittery Historical Museum Kittery 5 Nylander Museum Caribou 44 Knight House Auburn 18 Old Aina Meetinghouse Aina 23 Jabez Knowlton Old Coun­ Old Church on the Hill Buckfield 12 try Store Museum Newburgh 37 Old Gaol Museum York 11 Knox Building Thomaston 29 Old Ledge School Yarmouth 10 Lawrence Public Library Fairfield 19 Old Octagonal Post Office Liberty 26 Lee Historical Museum Lee 37 Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Lincoln County Fire Historical Society Museum Beach 6 Museum Wiscasset 31 Old School House Winter Lincoln County Museum & Harbor 39 Old Jail Wiscasset 31 Old Schoolhouse York 11 Little Red Schoolhouse Old Town Museum Old Town 37 Museum Farmington 13 Old Walpole Meeting Stewart M. Lord Memorial House S. Bristol 29 Historical Museum Burlington 34 Orland Historical Society Orland 38 Madouesk Historic Center Owls Head Transportation & Acadian Cross Historic Museum Owls Head 27 Shrine Madawaska 45 Patten Lumberman’s Maine Forest and Logging Museum Patten 41 Museum Bradley 34 Adm. Robert E. Peary Maine Maritine Museum Bath 23 House Harpswell 4 Maine State Museum Augusta 19 Peary-MacMillian Arctic Maine Tribal Unity Museum Brunswick 4 Museum Collection Unity 30 Pejepscot Historical Maritime Training Ship Museum Brunswick 4 “State of Maine” Castine 35 Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport 29 Daniel Marrett House Standish 17 Penobscot Nation George A. Marshall Store Historical Society Old Town 37 Building York 11 Perhams of West Paris West Paris 17 Matthews Museum of Elizabeth Perkins House York 10 Maine Heritage and John Perkins House Castine 35 “Hodge One Room School” Union 30 Phillips Historical Museum Phillips 15 Rev. Daniel Merrill House Phippsburg Historical and Historic Area Sedgwick 38 Museum Phippsburg 6 The Monhegan Museum Monhegan Porter Old Meeting House Porter 15 Island 26 Portland Fire Museum Portland 7 Monmouth Museum Monmouth 20 Portland Museum of Art Portland 7 Monson Museum Monson 40 Portland Observatory Portland 7 Montpelier Thomaston 30 Pownalborough Court Moosehead Marine House Dresden 25 Museum & S/S “Katahdin” Greenville 40 Rangeley Lakes Region Morrill Historical Society Historical Society Rangeley 16 Museum Morrill 26 Redington Museum & Moses Mason House Apothecary Waterville 21 Museum Bethel 12 Wilhelm Reich Museum Rangeley 16 Mount Desert Island Rice Public Library Kittery 6 Historical Society Museum Mt. Desert 37 Roosevelt Campobello Campobello, Mount Desert Oceanarium Southwest Park N. Brunswick 43 Harbor 38 Ruggles House Columbia Museum of Vintage Falls 42 Fashion Island Falls 45 Rumford Area Historical Musical Wonder House Museum Rumford 16 Music Museum Wiscasset 31

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