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The state of Maine's central administrative complex is located on the west side of Augusta, the capital city, south of its downtown area. State Street ( United States Route 201 ) runs south from the downtown area, providing the main access to the area.
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 Winthrop Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area of Augusta, Maine encapsulating about 100 years of residential home development. The area features high-quality and well-preserved examples of homes from the early 19th to early 20th centuries, as well as two churches and the Lithgow Library .
The Crosby Street Historic District encompasses a collection of well-preserved high-quality early 19th-century houses on Crosby Street and Crosby Lane in Augusta, Maine. Located on a rise overlooking the city's downtown, these houses were built by leading businessmen of the period, and are either Federal or Greek Revival in their style.
It is located north of Augusta's downtown area and immediately south of Bond Brook, near its mouth at the Kennebec River. The street is lined with seven 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story residential wood-frame structures, noted for the similarity of scale, setback from the road, and generally vernacular style. On the north side of the street are two multi-unit ...
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.
National Register of Historic Places in Augusta, Maine (44 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Augusta, Maine" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
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]