WINNEGANCE DROMORE – STONEYBROOK – LEE ISLAND Town of Phippsburg, Maine Named from the Abenaki word for “lile portage.” It is spelled eight different ways in old deeds. Why was Winnegance like a Penny? It had ten mills. One of the oldest selements in Phippsburg. The original peon to the Massachuses Incorporated on January 25, 1814, as “Phipsburgh” and named for Sir William Phips. legislature requested that the Town be named “Dromore” aer this selement but they Previously it was part of Georgetown, Lincoln County and Massachuses. It is home to a (1) Winnegance Bridge was the first bridge over Winnegance Creek . It was authorized to be built in 1802 by the Massachuses Legislature and joined Bath and Phippsburg (part of chose to honor one of its royal governors, Sir William Phips, who was actually a nave of number of villages that together make up the Town. Georgetown at that me). There were 10 dal mills located here and some dam remnants can sll be seen to the north- Woolwich, by naming the town “Phipsburgh.” “Stoneybrook” is also spelled on historic east of the bridge. The Morse Sawmill (P) is now located on land at the end of Mill Road. documents as “Stonybrook” (no “e”). Notaons 1 (2) Winnegance School House (P) was used from 1860 to 1958 . All that remains of the one room schoolhouse is the double 10 Tidal Mills of Winnegance * = For more informaon visit the Phippsburg Historical Society Museum at 24 Parker outhouse that is used as a storage shed. (12) Cung family brick home (P). Head Road and Albert F. Totman Library at 28 Parker Head Road (3) Morse Shipyard where half of the Morse ships were built with the other half being built in Bath. The first vessel was the (13) Dromore Grange (P) began in 1889 and was acve into the 20th century. The Post (P) = Private Property (F) = Fee (NLE) = No longer exists “Winnegance” built in 1842. The last vessel, a schooner, built in the Morse shipyard was also named the “Winnegance” Office, now located in Dromore, had many earlier locaons at the Center including and was launched in 1890 (NLE). at the Mino Shipyard (24), a private house on Church Lane (23), and on Route 209 We thank Gary E. Morong, Michele Y. Morong, John G. Morse IV, Thomas C. Totman, (4) Also in Winnegance Village was a store, post office, and the Suburb Civic Club Building (NLE). across from the Cranberry Point Road. Lynda R. Wyman, the Albert F. Totman Library, and the Phippsburg Historical Society for (5) Winslow Quarry was located at Pitch Pine Hill. A newspaper arcle concerning the quarry was printed on 4/6/1837 (NLE). (14) Dromore Cemetery is one of the oldest of the 102+ cemeteries in Town. providing this informaon and photographs. Map created by John “Mike” Young. (6) The Clifford Road lead to several family farms. (15) Rogers Neck Ice Pond (P). Rock remains from the ice run can be seen in the gut be- (7) Cold Spring Farm (P), which was built by the shipbuilding and lumber merchants of the Lee family, is on the Naonal Reg- tween Rogers Neck and Lee Island. Phippsburg 200th Anniversary Celebraon Commiee ister of Historic Places. The Lees arrived in December, 1773. (16) Lee’s Sawmill was located at the mouth of Dromore Creek. Lee’s Brick Yard was (8) Old Ferry Landing where the ferry from Georgetown provided transportaon to the “West part of Town.” said to have been located near here. Two Dromore men, Henry Cung and Samuel (9) & (10) Historic Private homes (P) including the Campbell/Hoppe house (9) and the James Morse Farm (10). Rogers, built a small schooner in the 1800’s near Lee’s Mill (NLE). MEADOWBROOK (11) Pleasant Cove Meeng House/Presbyterian Church was built in 1736 (NLE). Fort Noble* was built in 1734 by Col. Ar- (17) Schools (NLE) - Dromore had two schools in 1820, the upper at Pitch Pine Hill and thur Noble (NLE). The site is on the Phippsburg Land Trust Noble Preserve Trail. lower near Stoneybrook Road where there are sll large foundaon stones. Both The Meadowbrook District extended from the Carrying Place at the Phippsburg-West schools were closed in 1918 by Town meeng vote because there were “not enough Bath line to Basin Falls. Families living on the Stoneybrook Road were also included in Mouth of Dromore Creek scholars.” the district as are the areas known as Wynburg and Brightwater. 16 (18) Frank Bowker’s Shipyard was originally located here and later moved to Phippsburg Center (NLE). A Tannery, operated by a Norwegian named Hans Sagberg, was also 1 3 (77) Perry’s Tide Mill (NLE). 11 located here (NLE). The Brick House (P), oen called the “Stoneybrook Manor (78) Old Mica Mine and Basin Falls 4 House”, located on the corner is believed to have been made from local brick. (79) Brightwater (P) is a summer colony retreat established by teachers, ministers and 2 (19) Lee Island*, now owned by the State of Maine, was inhabited into the first half of doctors. 10 the 20th century. A Porgy Fish Factory was located on the southern end of the Is- (80) Meadowbrook School from 1821 to 1917. (NLE). land (NLE). A Cemetery and Brick Tomb sll exist on the island. (81) “Old Carrying Place” which served as an Indian portage between the Kennebec River, via Winnegance Creek, to the New Meadows River. THE CENTER The “Center” is an area in the middle of Town that runs from Stoneybrook Road to the 9 Fire Staon and Parker Head Road to Captain John Parker Road. The first secon of Par- 75 ker Head Road has many historic structures. (20) The first house on the le was once the Parsonage for the Phippsburg Center Church (P). Totman Library & Center Store 6 5 (21) The First Center School House (P) was built in 1836 and used unl 1859 (brick 22 building on the right). 8 (22) Historical Society - This was the second Center School that opened in 1859 and was closed in 1958. It is now home of the Phippsburg Historical Society. The Albert F. 7 Totman Library was started in 1923 and relocated to its present site in 1986 from Route 209 next to the Center Store. The 1774 House* was built by James McCobb* and was home to Mark Langdon Hill who died there in 1842. This was later the 12 home of Charles Mino*, owner of the Mino shipyard* and is listed on the Na- onal Register of Historic Places. (23) The First Town Hall (NLE) was moved to Church Lane in 1836. The Phippsburg Cen‐ R o g ter Church* was built in 1802 and was used for Town Meengs from 1817 to 1837. 13 e r 81 s N The church was remodeled in 1846. Mark Langdon Hill was the first U.S. Congress- e c k man, 1819-1823, from this district and is buried in the Langdon Hill Cemetery be- Ic e side the Bicentennial Linden Tree in front of the church. P o 14 n (24) Shipbuilding & Stores - The Hill, McCobb, Mino*, Bowker and Morrison Ship‐ SEBASCO ‐ THE BASIN d 64 yards were located here. Remnants of the Mino and Bowker Shipyards sll exist. Ships* from these yards carried Maine lumber to the West Indies and brought back Sebasco is from the Nave American name “Sebascodiggen” which means “portage almost 16 completed.” It is made up of three secons - the Basin, the fishing village at the harbor sugar, molasses and rum, some sailed to Europe and Asia. The last wooden full- including Malaga Island, and Sebasco Estates. It is sll an acve fishing community. Edwin 15 rigged ship built in North America, the Aryan, was launched from the Mino yard in 1893. The Hill/McCobb brick store was built in 1806 and was later the Mino store Gillies, Charles Gomes, Gene Perry and Edwin Wallace who were well known for boat 17 building in Sebasco. Most of the Basin is now owned by The Nature Conservancy. and post office. The first Town Meeng (1814) of the new Town of “Phipsburgh” 19 was held in the store. The Steamboat Landing was also located here (NLE). 18 (25) Center Pond was a dal marsh and converted into a pond for the ice business. The (67) “The Bumper” (Robinson Rock) was the site of a signaling staon during the War of 80 1812. It is a short hike to the top and has a great view of Casco Bay and its 365 is- pond level was established by the State Legislature. There is an alewife run at the lands. causeway. The Drummond Ice Pond & Ice House (NLE) were also located here. (26) A dal powered Grist Mill was located here. You can sll see the pilings. (68) Sebasco Harbor Resort (F) (formerly Sebasco Lodge) was established in 1908 by 2nd West Point School ‐ later Alton Wallace’s Boat Shop (27) The Town Hall was built in 1881. It was originally located behind the parsonage off Freeman Merri who later established Rock Gardens Inn (69). In the 1920’s Nathan 2nd Center School ‐ Historical Society Cushman became the owner and added a golf course and other amenies. There the Parker Head Road. It was sold on December 23, 1969, aer the consolidated was a feldspar mine just North of the golf course (70). Material from the mine was 22 school was built and the Town office had moved there. In October 1988, it was giv- used to build the Sebasco Lodge pool. en back to the Town and moved to its current locaon where the Town’s poor farm 20 had previously been located to become the present Town Hall.