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

Oxford County Maine (Historic Districts) has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Eastman Hill Rural Historic District, Forest Lodge and McLaughlin House and Garden, Broad Street Historic District and Broad Street Historic District (Boundary Increase).

The famous person Louise Dickinson Rich is associated with one of more of the Oxford County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Oxford County places including Bernard McLaughlin, Fred Thorne, Hiram York, W. W. Gay, Cass Gilbert, Alton H. Bacon, E.E. Lewis, Francis H. Fassett, Harold Hill Blosson and Harry Cochrane. Prominent architectural styles found in Oxford Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Colonial Revival.

Broad Street Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000078)

Also known as PH0004472; PH0354392; See Also:Broad Street Historic Distric

Broad St. and the Common , Bethel

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Clinic, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Library, Museum, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Broad Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1990 - - #89002346)

Also known as See Also:Broad Street Historic District

Along Church and Park Sts. , Bethel

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Center Meeting House and Common (added 1997 - - #97000606)

476 Main St. , Oxford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Federal, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Landscape, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Plaza, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Government, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Plaza, Religious Structure

Dreamhome (added 1996 - - #96001037)

W side of Lake Christopher, .45 mi. N of Hill Rd. , Bryant Pond

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Blosson, Harold Hill

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Eastman Hill Rural Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000477)

Also known as Eastman Hill Stock Farm

Eastman Hill Rd., E of Center Lovell , Center Lovell

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thorne, Fred, Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Garden, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Forest, Single Dwelling

Forest Lodge (added 2008 - - #08001257)

Carry Rd., about 1.9 mi. W. of Middle Dam , Upton

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Rich, Louise Dickinson

Area of Significance:

Literature

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure

Foster Family Home (added 1994 - - #94001247)

Sunday River Rd., W. side, 1.5 mi. NW of jct. with Skiway Rd. , Newry

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

York, Hiram

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Camp

Main Street Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000324)

Also known as See Also:Barrows-Steadman Homestead;Chase, Squire, House

Main Street from Portland St. to about Swans Falls Rd. , Fryeburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Education, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol, Financial Institution, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Capitol, Financial Institution, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

McLaughlin House and Garden (added 2000 - - #00001202)

97 Main St. , South Paris

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McLaughlin, Bernard

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Garden, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Museum

Middle Intervale Meeting House and Common (added 1998 - - #98000721)

Also known as Center Meeting House

757 Intervale Rd. , Bethel

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Religious Structure

Norway Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000391)

Roughly bounded by Pearl St., Danforth St. and Greenleaf Ave., Pennesseewassee Stream, and Main and Whitman Sts. , Norway

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Lewis,E.E.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Italianate, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Oxford Congregational Church and Cemetery (added 1994 - - #94000637)

King St. E side, 0.2 mi. N of jct. with ME 121 , Oxford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cochrane, Harry

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Paris Hill Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000243)

Main St. and Hannibal Hamlin Dr. E to Mt. Mica and Christian Ridge Rds. , Paris Hill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Funerary, Social

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Civic, Library, Single Dwelling

Rivercroft Farm (added 2008 - - #08000668)

Also known as John Weston House, Weston Farm

55, 59 and 60 River St. , Fryeburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fassett, Francis H.

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Horticulture Facility, Institutional Housing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Institutional Housing, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Storage, Storage

Rumford Commercial Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000808)

49-150 Congress, 65-91 Canal, 60-94 River and 23 Hartford Streets, Rumford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian Commercial, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1892-1967 AD

Stearns Hill Farm (added 2009 - - #09000014)

90 Stearns Hill Rd. , West Paris

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Strathglass Park District (added 1974 - - #74000181)

Bounded by Lincoln Ave., Hancock St., Maine Ave., and York St. , Rumford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gay,W. W., Gilbert,Cass

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park

Waterford Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000247)

ME 35 and ME 37 , Waterford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Whitman Memorial Library (added 1995 - - #94001549)

1 mi. SW of jct. of ME 26 and ME 232 , Bryant Pond

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bacon, Alton H.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library