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The Farmington Historic District encompasses much of the main central business district of Farmington, Maine.Farmington was settled in the 1770s, and experienced its most rapid growth after being named the shire town (county seat) of Franklin County in 1838, with a secondary spurt of redevelopment after a major fire in the 1880s.
Location of Franklin County in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Little Red Schoolhouse, also known as Briggs Schoolhouse, is a historic schoolhouse in Farmington, Maine. The one-room wood-frame schoolhouse was built in 1852, and originally stood on the Wilton Road (Maine State Route 4) at Red Schoolhouse Road. It served Farmington as the Briggs District school until 1958, and is one of the community's ...
In 1912, Farmington Normal School (today the University of Maine at Farmington) principal Wilbert G. Mallett bought the house. [2] On February 26, 2012, the owner of the house, Deborah Mallett Cressall, died, and her family offered the Farmington Historical Society the chance to buy the house at a steeply reduced price.
There are a few houses before the intersection at Broadway. The Narrow Gauge Square has a cinema, an eye doctor, and a few stores. Prescott Field is for baseball, softball, and soccer for the University of Maine at Farmington. It is the main way to get to the Sandy River swimming area. Front Street is considered Historic Farmington's main street.
The first is the Farmington Quaker Historic District, which includes the North Farmington Cemetery, the 1816 Quaker Meetinghouse and the Farmington Friends Church at the intersection of County ...
Greenacre is a historical house in Farmington, Maine. It is set on a large lot bounded by Court, Fountain, and Orchard Streets, northeast of Farmington's downtown area. Built in 1880, it is one of the largest and most ornate 19th-century houses in Franklin County. [2] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, also known as the New Old South Congregational Church, is a historic church at 235 Main Street in Farmington, Maine. The congregation's present sanctuary is a brick Romanesque structure designed by George M. Coombs and was completed in 1887. It is the town's finest 19th-century church ...