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Skowhegan (/ s k aʊ ˈ h iː ɡ ən /) is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. [3] Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously held state fair in the United States.
The Skowhegan Historic District encompasses the historic late 19th-century central business district of Skowhegan, Maine.The district is located on Madison Avenue and Water Streets on the north bank of the Kennebec River, and includes 37 historic buildings built between 1850 and 1910, including Skowhegan Town Hall, designed by John Calvin Stevens and built in 1909.
Location of Somerset County in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Skowhegan History House is a historic house and museum at 66 Elm Street in Skowhegan, Maine. Built in 1839, this two-story brick house is one of the few of that period to survive Skowhegan's industrialization later in the 19th century. The house has served as a local history museum since 1937.
He served one term as Governor of Maine in 1863. [2] The builder of the Coburn House was Joseph Bigelow, a Skowhegan-based master builder with a statewide reputation. Other notable buildings he worked in include the Samuel Farrar House in Bangor, and Skowhegan's 1844 brick First Baptist Church. Bigelow hand-carved the columns and capitals found ...
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 Bigelow-Page House is a historic house at 20 High Street in Skowhegan, Maine, United States.Built in 1846–47 and substantially altered in the early 20th century, this expansive two-story wood-frame structure is a bold statement of Greek Revival architecture, and is an early work by a notable local master builder of the period, Joseph Bigelow.
The Former First Baptist Church is a historic church building at 37 Main Street in Skowhegan, Maine. Built in 1842-44, this Greek Revival brick building is one of the few works attributable to a local master builder, Joseph Bigelow. It was used as a church until 1919, after which it was used as a community center, and then a VFW hall until 2009.