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The town of Gorham is located northwest of Portland, Maine, inland from the coast of southern Maine. The town's early settlement began in the 1730s, but it did not grow significantly until the 1750s. By then, the area that is now the center had begun to take shape, with School Street (Maine State Route 114) running north–south, and Main ...
The district lines both sides of South Street, roughly between Preble Street and Morrill Avenue. The oldest surviving house, that of Reuben Nason at 65 South Street, was built about 1794, and is one of the town's least-altered examples of 18th-century architecture. Nason, who purchased the house in 1810, was the first headmaster at Gorham Academy.
Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.The population was 18,336 at the 2020 United States Census. [2] In addition to its urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct historical identities, including South Gorham, West Gorham, Little Falls, White Rock, and ...
The Baxter House is an historic house museum at 67 South Street in Gorham, Maine, United States. Built in 1797, it was the birthplace of James Phinney Baxter, mayor of Portland. He was the father of two-term Governor of Maine Percival Baxter. The house was donated to the town by James Phinney Baxter in 1907, and opened as a museum in 1908.
The Gorham Campus Historic District encompasses seven buildings that make up the historic heart of the campus of the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine. Built between 1806 and 1931, they reflect the varied academic history of the campus, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Newhall gave his name to a small company town of employee residences built near Gambo Falls. [4] Company offices were in Portland, Maine to avoid business disruption by the periodic explosions at the manufacturing facilities. [9] By 1860, Oriental was one of four companies making 69% of United States gunpowder sales.
The Stephen Longfellow House is a historic house on Longfellow Road in Gorham, Maine. It was built in 1761, and was bought in 1775 by Stephen Longfellow, the great-grandfather of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and contains one of the state's finest Georgian interiors. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
The Baxter Memorial Library is the public library serving Gorham, Maine. [2] It was built in 1908. [3] The gift of James Phinney Baxter, [4] the library building is constructed of pink granite and the interior is completed in red oak. [5] In 2003, a 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) addition became the primary library. [6]