National Register of Historic Places - Maine (ME), Hancock County

Hancock County Maine (Page 3) has 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include White, E. B., House, Wickyup, Von Mach Site (ME l5l/02), Waldo-Hancock Bridge and West Street Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Algonkian and Woodland dating back to 0.

Several famous people are associated with these Hancock County historic places including Admiral Richard E. Byrd, E.B. White, Warren K. Moorehead and Cordelia Stanwood.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Hancock County places including Capt. Richard Allen, US Army Corps of Engineers, Robinson & Steinman, James Knox Taylor, Ball & Dabney, Jesse Gardner, Henry Vaughan, Bruce Price, George Orff and Peabody and Stearns. Prominent architectural styles found in Hancock Country are Greek Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Second Empire.

Somesville Historic District (added 1975 - - #75000092)

Somes Harbor and its environs , Mount Desert

Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Noyes,John M., Deane,Benjamin S.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Sorrento Library (added 1995 - - #95000724)

Waukeag Ave. S side, 0.5 mi. W of jct. with ME 185 , Sorrento

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ball & Dabney

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Library, Single Dwelling

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Sproul's Cafe (added 1982 - - #82000744)

Also known as Ward's Building

128 Main St. , Bar Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling

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St. Edward's Convent, (Former) (added 1998 - - #98001237)

Also known as Bar Harbor Historical Society

33 Ledgelawn Ave. , Bar Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stratton, Milton

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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St. Mary's-By-The-Sea (added 2000 - - #00000761)

20 S. Shore Rd. , Northeast Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Vaughan, Henry

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Stanwood Homestead (added 1973 - - #73000110)

Also known as Birdsacre Sanctuary

1 mi. S of Ellsworth on ME 3 , Ellsworth

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Stanwood,Cordelia

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Literature, Education, Science

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Museum

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Stone Barn Farm (added 2001 - - #01001271)

Jct. of Crooked Rd. and Norway Dr. , Salsbury Cove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shea Brothers

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

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Stonington Opera House (added 1991 - - #91001509)

NW corner of Main St. and Russ Hill Rd. , Stonington

Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Performing Arts, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

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Surry Town Hall (added 2008 - - #08000993)

Also known as Town Hall; Old Town House, Surrey Town House; Union Meeting House

1217 Surry Rd. , Surry

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Topside (added 1975 - - #75000229)

N bank of Walker Pond off ME 176 , Brooksville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Turrets, The (added 1974 - - #74000155)

Eden St. , Bar Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Price,Bruce

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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US Post Office--Bar Harbor Main (added 1986 - - #86000880)

Also known as Bar Harbor Main Post Office

Cottage St. , Bar Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,James Knox

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

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Union Church of Northeast Harbor (added 1998 - - #98000722)

21 Summit Rd. , Northeast Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Peabody and Stearns

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Von Mach Site (ME l5l/02) (added 1989 - - #88000901)

Also known as 41.34;41.2;ME 151/02

Address Restricted , Brooksville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Person

Historic Person:

Moorehead,Warren K.

Area of Significance:

Science, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Algonkian, Woodland

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1900-1924, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Waldo-Hancock Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001267)

US 1 , Verona

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Robinson & Steinman

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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West Brooksville Congregational Church (added 1995 - - #95000727)

ME 176 E side, 1 mi. NW of jct. with Varnum Rd. , West Brooksville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lord, Thomas, Gardner, Jesse

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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West Gouldsboro Union Church (added 1990 - - #90000926)

SR 186 between Jones Cove and Jones Pond , West Gouldsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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West Gouldsboro Village Library (added 1991 - - #91001512)

ME 186, E side, between Jones Cove and Jones Pond , West Gouldsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Savage,Fred L.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

More Information:

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West Street Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000226)

West St. between Billings Ave. and Eden St. , Bar Harbor

Magog the Ogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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White, E. B., House (added 1986 - - #86002467)

Also known as Holden House

ME 175 , Brooklin

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Allen,Capt. Richard

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

White,E.B.

Significant Year:

1933, 1795

Area of Significance:

Literature, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

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Whiting, Samuel Kidder, House (added 1983 - - #83000453)

214 Main St , Ellsworth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Orff,George

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Wickyup (added 1986 - - #70000075)

Also known as Adm. Richard E. Byrd Estate

8 mi. NE of East Sullivan at the S end of Tunk Lake , East Sullivan

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Byrd,Admiral Richard E.

Significant Year:

1957, 1937

Area of Significance:

Science, Literature, Military

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

Wilson Hall (added 1983 - - #83000452)

Franklin St. , Bucksport

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Winter Harbor Light Station (added 1988 - - #87002538)

Mark Island, Winter Harbor , Winter Harbor

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Army Corps of Engineers

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

More Information:

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