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Rockland is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 6,936. [2] [3] The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
The Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Rockland, Maine.Located on several blocks of Main Street (United States Route 1), the district has a well-preserved collection of commercial architecture dating from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, the period of the city's height as a shipbuilding and industrial lime processing center.
The Farnsworth Homestead is a historic house museum at 21 Elm Street in Rockland, Maine.Built in 1854 by William A. Farnsworth, it is an excellent late example of Greek Revival architecture, and was the home of Lucy Farnsworth, the major benefactor of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which owns the house and operates it as a museum property.
Max Oliver, 78, tosses a lobster trap back into the sea in Penobscot Bay in Maine on July 31, 2021. - Virginia Oliver has been catching lobsters off the coast of Maine since age 7 and is now 101 ...
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.With a history dating to the early 18th century, this area includes high quality examples of residential architecture, most dating to the period 1870-1920, and including several fine examples of municipal architecture.
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The American Eagle, originally Andrew and Rosalie, is a two-masted schooner serving the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine.Launched in 1930 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, she was the last auxiliary schooner (powered by both sail and engine) to be built in that port, and one of Gloucester's last sail-powered fishing vessels.