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Mary asked their son Frederick Jr. to build them a summer retirement home in Maine. The younger Olmsted retained Boston architect William Ralph Emerson, already noted for his Shingle style designs and work in Maine, to design the house, which was built in 1897. His plans included landscape work which was intended to stimulate the elder Olmsted ...
The Ebenezer Grant House stands in the village of East Windsor Hill, on the west side of Main Street a short way north of its junction with Oxbow Lane. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, two interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with the main entry at the center.
Plans for Maine’s most photographed home sparks debate Planning Board members will take a site walk at the motel on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 p.m. The main carriage house was built in 1900 ...
The Moody Mansion is a historic house on Maine State Route 194 in Pittston, Maine. Built as a summer house in 1890, it is an imposing high-quality example of Late Victorian Queen Anne architecture, now housing apartments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
An existing house was expanded in 1927 for Edward T. Stotesbury as a summer "cottage", and was designed by architects Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris. [2] The resulting 80-room mansion had a 30-room servants’ wing and was heated by 56 electric wall heaters, five hot air furnaces, and 26 hand-carved marble fireplaces imported from Europe. The ...
The Loring House Apartments occupy a landscaped parcel of 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) in Portland's Nasons Corner neighborhood. It is set on the north side of Brighton Avenue (Maine State Route 258), just east of the point where it crosses Interstate 95. It consists of a cluster of 2-1/2 story brick buildings, with a central 3-1/2 story main building ...
200-acre preserve, 19th-century historic house museum and modern nature center Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: Monson: Piscataquis: website, over 1,600 acres, center open seasonally, operated by Maine Audubon: East Point Audubon Sanctuary: Biddeford: York: website, A short walk provides views of Saco Bay and the Gulf of Maine, operated by ...
The Sewall House is located on the north side of Crystal Road (Maine State Route 159) just west of the Island Falls Post Office in the village center. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and clapboard siding. A single-story hip-roofed porch extends across the south ...