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Frances Perkins National Monument protects the Perkins Homestead, also known as the Brick House, a historic homestead at 478 River Road in Newcastle, Maine.The 57-acre (23 ha) property, including its 1837 brick farmhouse, was designated a national historic landmark and national monument for its association with the life of Frances Perkins (1880–1965), the first woman to hold a position in ...
The Holmes-Crafts Homestead is a historic house at the southern junction of Old Jay Hill Road and Main Street (Maine State Route 4) in Jay, Maine.Built in the early 19th century, it is a well-preserved local example of Federal architecture, and was home to James Starr, one of the first settlers of the area and a prominent local lawyer and politician.
The Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark has been owned and managed by the Center since 2020. [4] It includes 57 acres of woods and fields along the Damariscotta River, and an 1837 brick house listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014.
York Village in c. 1910. The John Sedgley Homestead is a historic homestead property at Scituate and Chases Pond Road in the York Corner area of York, Maine.Its oldest structure built in the late First Period, probably c. 1715, it is the oldest homestead in the State of Maine that is still in its original setting. [2]
The Weston Homestead is set on the east bank of the Kennebec River, on a rural parcel at the end of Weston Road, north of the town center of Madison.It is a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled tin roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.
The Joseph and Hannah Maxcy Homestead is a historic house at 630 South Union Road (Maine State Route 131) in South Union, Maine.Built in 1802 by Ebenezer Alden, a regionally well-known housewright, it is one of the finest period examples of Federal architecture, with high-quality interior woodwork.
The Samuel Weston Homestead is a historic house on United States Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine.Built 1798–1800, it is a high-quality example of transitional Georgian-Federal period architecture, and is notable for its historical association with Samuel Weston, an early resident and land surveyor of the region.
The Nordica Homestead is a historic house museum at 116 Nordica Road (a short drive off Holly Road) in Farmington, Maine.Built in 1840, this house was the birthplace and summer home of Lillian Nordica (1857–1914), one of the leading operatic sopranos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.