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Auburn: 62: Main Street-Frye Street Historic District: Main Street-Frye Street Historic District: January 23, 2009 : Frye St. and portions of Main St. and College St. Lewiston: 63: Maine State Building: Maine State Building: July 18, 1974
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.
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 ]
Auburn is a city in south-central Maine, within the United States. Settled in the Western Lakes and Mountains region of the state, The city serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County. [4] The population was 24,061 at the 2020 census. [5] Auburn and its sister city Lewiston are known locally as the Twin Cities or Lewiston–Auburn (L–A).
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 ...
Police issued a shelter-in-place order, evacuated homes and closed a section of the street in Auburn, trigging memories of the mass shooting in neighboring Lewiston less than eight months ago ...
The Auburn Colony was founded in 1877 by a group of businessmen from Auburn, "for the purpose of securing the material advantage of society, health, and recreation." [2] Twenty small Gothic Victorian cottages were built on the property they acquired, which were tragically destroyed by fire in 1899, although the two community buildings survived.
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.