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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 shipbuilding and industrial lime processing center.
The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.With a history dating to the early 18th century, this area includes high quality examples of residential architecture, most dating to the period 1870-1920, and including several fine examples of municipal architecture.
Rockland is the commercial center of the midcoast Maine region, with many historic inns, a coffee roaster, a food co-op, a community radio station WRFR-LP, the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA). Rockland was named a Coast Guard City in March 2008, in recognition of the long-standing and special relationship ...
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 property.
The Knox County Courthouse is located at 62 Union Street in downtown Rockland, the county seat of Knox County, Maine. The oldest portion of the courthouse was designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant and was built in 1874. A prominent local example of Italianate architecture, it has been the county's seat of operations since its construction.
Rockland was one of three U.S. cities to make the cut, alongside Washington D.C. and Big Sky, Montana. ... 78, tosses a lobster trap back into the sea in Penobscot Bay in Maine on July 31, 2021 ...
The Rankin Block is a historic commercial building at 600–610 Main Street in Rockland, Maine. Built in 1853, it is a fine example of a late Greek Revival commercial block. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It currently houses a senior living facility.
State home values rose more slowly than in the rest of the country from 2017 to 2022, and Maine’s nearly 74% homeownership rate outstrips the nation’s at 65%, the latest Maine housing data show.