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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Parker Cleaveland House
Home of Parker Cleaveland who conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the US. Known as the "Father of American Mineralogy", Cleaveland lived in this house from 1806 to 1858.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Sarah Orne Jewett House
This 1774 house was the longtime home of author Sarah Orne Jewett. Active in historical conservation, she gave the house to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now known as Historic New England.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Me: Camden Amphitheatre and Public Library
The Camden Library building was designed in the 1920s by architect Charles F. Loring, and its grounds, including an amphitheatre, represent one of the few public works of landscape architect Fletcher Steele.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Harpswell Meetinghouse
This building is an outstanding example of a mid-18th century clapboard church. It was also used as a town meeting hall.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Portland Observatory
This 1807 wooden tower is the oldest maritime signal tower in the United States; it was capable of sending and receiving signals to and from ships entering Portland Harbor.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Fort Western
Built in 1754 in what was then a frontier area, this is the oldest wooden fort in the nation.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Stephen Taber (Schooner)
A two-masted schooner currently operated as a windjammer, this 1871 ship is the oldest of its type with a documented history of continuous service.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Nickels Sortwell House
Originally built for a ship's captain in 1807, this house saw multiple uses before being purchased for use as a summer residence. It is now a house museum operated by Historic New England.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Governor's House
This building from 1869 was part of the first veterans' ("old soldiers") home in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Neal Dow House
Home of Portland mayor and 1880 Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. president Neal S. Dow.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Maine: Pentagoet Archeological District
This archaeological site covers extended colonial history dating to the early 17th century. In addition to trade with the native inhabitants, it was also the site of intercolonial (French-English and French-French) conflict until the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Grace Bailey (Schooner)
This two-masted schooner was built in 1882 for the coasting trade, in which it carried lumber and other supplies for many years. It now serves the tourist trade as a windjammer.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: James G. Blaine House
Built in 1833 for a ship's captain, this has been the official residence of the state's governor since 1919.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Kennebec Arsenal
A munitions depot that built in the 1830s during border tensions, this is the finest surviving example of a military installation from that time.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Me: Bowdoin (Arctic Exploration Schooner)
This schooner was purpose built for Arctic exploration in 1921, and is currently used as a training ship.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Fort Kent
This is the only surviving fortification of the Aroostook War, the nonviolent confrontation over the border between Maine and New Brunswick.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Fort Knox
Built in the aftermath of the 1830s border disputes, this granite fort, built but not finished between 1844 and 1869, is a fine mid-19th-century fortification.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Wadsworth Longfellow House
Home of Revolutionary War General Peleg Wadsworth, it was the childhood home of his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Mc Lellan Sweat Mansion
Built in 1800 for a shipping merchant, this mansion has been a part of the Portland Museum of Art for many years.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Old York Gaol
This building was used as a jail from 1719 to 1879, and was built using architectural elements of an even older jail. It saw other uses afterward, and is now a local museum.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Harriet Beecher Stowe House
This house was home to abolitionist writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, where she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Hamilton House
This 1788 house was the setting for a novel by local author Sarah Orne Jewett, who was instrumental in its preservation.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Maine: Norridgewock Archeological District
This archaeological district encompasses the village of the Norridgewock Abenaki, central Maine's native inhabitants. They were pushed out of the area in a series of conflicts with colonists in the first half of the 18th century.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: American Eagle (Schooner)
This is one of the last two-masted schooners built in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is presently used for tourist cruises.