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Water Street is the location of the central business district of Augusta, Maine.Running parallel to the Kennebec River, Water Street was developed in the 19th century to serve an economy based on water transport and state services, and contains one of the city's highest concentrations of commercial architecture from that period.
The Libby-Hill Block is a historic commercial building at 227-233 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1866 by two prominent businessmen after a fire destroyed part of the downtown, it is one of the city's oldest granite commercial buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
Augusta (/ ə ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ə / ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County.The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, [5] making it the 12th most populous city in Maine, and 3rd least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota.
A boil water advisory has been put in place by the City of Augusta for safety and health reasons. Here are the do's and do not's of a boil water advisory.
The Doughty Block stands in Augusta's downtown commercial district, on the east side of Water Street, opposite the Key Plaza just north of Front Street. It is a six-story masonry structure, noticeably taller than the other 19th-century buildings lining the east side of Water Street. It is built out of red brick with stone trim.
Bond Street is a short residential through street, joining Water Street (Maine State Route 104) with State Street (Maine State Route 27).It is located north of Augusta's downtown area and immediately south of Bond Brook, near its mouth at the Kennebec River.
In Maine, a plantation is an ... Augusta: City Kennebec (seat) 18,899 55.2 143 1797 Windham: Town Cumberland 18,434 46.6 121
The Sturgis and Haskell Building is a historic commercial building at 180-182 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1867, it is one of a series of four Italianate commercial buildings built in the wake of a devastating 1865 fire. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]