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The C.H. Southard House

The C.H. Southard House was a very simple home before it was transformed into an elegant Victorian shipbuilder’s mansion.
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The Governor Hill Mansion

Chances are you've driven by Augusta's Governor Hill Mansion, but do you know the history of the building and its namesake?
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A. A. Garcelon House

In 1823, the construction of a bridge across the Androscoggin River linking Maine’s “LA” (a.k.a. the twin cities of Lewiston...
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Whittier House

It’s hard to miss a Gothic Revival house with its commanding central gable reaching skyward like an arrow. But in...
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Clock Farm

At the intersection of Route 9 and Goose Rocks Road in Kennebunkport, time, quite literally, stands still. The Roman numeraled...
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A.B. Butler House

On Walker Street in Portland’s West End, the 1868 A.B. Butler House is a shining example of the Second Empire...
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Pearl Street Carriage House

If you squint at this postage stamp of a home on Portland’s Pearl Street, you can imagine horses clopping along on cobblestones and swinging in through the arched, story-and-a-half door.
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James Fenderson House

Saco jeweler James Fenderson, who selected his Modern Home #124 from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalog and assembled it on Main Street.
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Wallingford Hall

On York Street in Kennebunk stands as a shining example of Federal-style architecture — and an early precursor to today’s millennial pink trend.
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Charles H. Ingraham House

Shingle style cottages have long been synonymous with Maine summers. But at least one early adopter of the style recognized...
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Captain Reuben Merrill House

In Yarmouth, the Captain Reuben Merrill House — a.k.a. “Reuben’s Folly” — towers over West Main Street. The 1858 Italianate...
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Linwood Cottage

Seated on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River in Bucksport, Linwood Cottage has a reputation as one of Maine’s most...
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