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The Cummings' Guest House is a historic African-American summer boarding house at 110 Portland Avenue in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.Established in 1923, it was one of the only places in the community offering summer accommodations to African-Americans during the period of Jim Crow segregation.
Old Orchard Beach is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,960 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is part of the Portland − South Portland − Biddeford , Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The Old Orchard Beach Inn is prominently located in the center of Old Orchard Beach, on the west side of Portland Avenue (Maine State Route 8), opposite the town hall. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with two large blocks, that on the left offset to the rear. Both have side-gable roofs and are finished in clapboard siding.
The early Gooch family history was chronicled in the 1929 novel Arundel by American author Kenneth Roberts. [4] [1] [6] Additionally, current owner Trish Mason has written a work of non-fiction entitled The Seaside House: Maine Innkeepers which tells the complete history of the family and running of the inn.
Moody Beach is a coastal neighborhood and private beach located in Wells, Maine, with about 100 homes adjoining the beach. Moody Beach has a blend of year-round and summer residents, as well as short-term vacationers from around New England and Quebec. The coastline stretches about a mile long, from Ogunquit Beach to Moody Point on Ocean Avenue.
Like much of the northeast coast, the geography of the southern Maine coast was largely directed by the retreat of the Laurentide ice cap about 23,000 years ago. [8] The coast is framed by bedrock, left during the formation of the Appalachian mountains, and the irregular shape of the coast (characteristic of much of the New England coast, with the exception of Cape Cod and the islands) is ...
South Coastal Maine highlighted. Southern Maine Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Maine.It commonly includes the coastal areas of York County and Cumberland County.Some notable towns are Biddeford, Kittery, York, Wells, Ogunquit, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Saco, Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough.
Maine coastal real estate has long been about conveying the magic of living by the ocean. Now, it's about flood zone maps, sea level rise and insurance availability.