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May 25, 1973. 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 ...
January 4, 2012. 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 ...
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Henry Lane, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, Will Barnet, and Maurice Prendergast, as well as a significant ...
December 4, 1991. (#91002064) Rockland. 44°06′41″N 69°06′12″W / 44.11148°N 69.1032°W / 44.11148; -69.1032 (American Eagle) Knox. This is one of the last two-masted schooners built in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is presently used for tourist cruises. 2. James G. Blaine House.
Rockland was one of three U.S. cities to make the cut, alongside Washington D.C. and Big Sky, Montana. Why visit Rockland this summer Max Oliver, 78, tosses a lobster trap back into the sea in ...
Website. rocklandmaine.gov. 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.
March 20, 1981. Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point (the northern end of the breakwater), the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Now automated ...
There are 97 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county; 10 of the properties are National Historic Landmarks. One property was once listed, but has since been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 16, 2024.[ 2] Contents: Counties in Maine.