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January 4, 2012. The Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Rockland, Maine. Located on several blocks of Main Street (United States Route 1), the district has a well-preserved collection of commercial architecture dating from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, the period of the city's height as a ...
May 25, 1973. The Farnsworth Homestead is a historic house museum at 21 Elm Street in Rockland, Maine. Built in 1854 by William A. Farnsworth, it is an excellent late example of Greek Revival architecture, and was the home of Lucy Farnsworth, the major benefactor of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which owns the house and operates it as a museum ...
44°33′58″N 68°48′09″W / 44.5661°N 68.8025°W / 44.5661; -68.8025 (Fort Knox) Waldo. Built in the aftermath of the 1830s border disputes, this granite fort, built but not finished between 1844 and 1869, is a fine mid-19th-century fortification. 12. Fort Western.
March 20, 1981. Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point (the northern end of the breakwater), the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Now automated ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Rockland, Maine" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Website. rocklandmaine.gov. Rockland is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 6,936. [2][3] The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Henry Lane, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, Will Barnet, and Maurice Prendergast, as well as a significant ...
Olson House is a 14-room Colonial farmhouse in Cushing, Maine. The house was made famous by its depiction in Andrew Wyeth 's Christina's World. The house and its occupants, Christina and Alvaro Olson, were depicted in numerous paintings and sketches by Wyeth from 1939 to 1968. The house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in June 2011.