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Auburn is a city in south-central Maine, within the United States.Settled in the foothills of the Western Lakes and Mountains region of the state, The city serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County. [4]
The Auburn Commercial Historic District encompasses the main late 19th-century historic downtown area of Auburn, Maine.The twelve buildings in the district represent the city's growth between 1855 and 1902, housing businesses, professional offices and social halls, and also the city's municipal offices.
The arrival of the railroad in 1848, and the choice of Auburn in 1854 to be the seat of the new Androscoggin County cemented the importance of the area where downtown Auburn is now located, and prompted further residential development in this district. Several Italianate houses were built in 1850s, such as the Roak House (20 Elm Street, built c ...
Lake Auburn in 1911 Professor Jonathan Stanton of Bates College on a bird walk in Maine at Lake Auburn. Lake Auburn is a lake and reservoir in Auburn, Maine.The Lake has a total area of 2,260 acres (910 ha) and a maximum depth of 118 feet (36 m). [2]
Lewiston–Auburn (L–A) are twin cities in Androscoggin County, Maine, USA. Together, they have a population of 61,182 in a combined 101 square miles (260 km 2 ). The cities are commonly called "Cities of the Androscoggin," as they are seated along the banks of the Androscoggin River which separates them. [ 1 ]
The Androscoggin County Courthouse and Jail is located at 2 Turner Street in Auburn, Maine, the county seat of Androscoggin County. The original portion of the large brick Renaissance Revival complex was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant and was built in 1857, with a sympathetic enlargement c. 1915-20. The jail was expanded in 1970 and 1990 ...
The Roak Block is an historic commercial-industrial building at 144-170 Main Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1871-72 as a combined commercial and industrial space, this Second Empire style block was at that time the largest commercial building in the entire state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The Horatio G. Foss House is a historic house at 19 Elm Street in Auburn, Maine within the Main Street Historic District.It was built in 1914 to a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer for Horatio Gates Foss, owner of a major local shoe factory, and is also notable for its well-preserved Colonial Revival styling.