New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

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The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland

Home of Revolutionary War General Peleg Wadsworth, this also was the childhood home of his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Tate House, Portland

This 1750s house was built for a British Royal Navy agent in charge of procuring ships'  masts.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester

Founded in 1783, this is the last active Shaker community in the United States.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Portland Observatory, Portland

This 1807 tower is the oldest maritime signal tower in the United States; it sent and received signals to and from ships entering Portland Harbor.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Me.

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Victory Chimes (schooner), Rockland

A cargo schooner built in 1900, this ship now serves as a windjammer. The ship on Maine's state quarter resembles her.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Roseway (schooner), Camden

Built in Massachusetts in 1925, the Roseway was a tourist vessel in Camden before it was relocated to Boston.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Thomas B. Reed House, Portland

This house was built in 1888 as the home of Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902), speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1891 and 1895–1899).

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick

Abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin while living in this house.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Stephen Taber (schooner), Rockland

A two-masted schooner currently operated as a windjammer, this 1871 ship is the oldest of its type with a documented history of continuous service.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Edwin Arlington Robinson House, Gardiner

Home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Pentagoet Archeological Site, Castine

The site covers colonial history dating to the early 17th century.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Pemaquid Archeological Site, Bristol

Located on the central coast of Maine, this site encompasses fortifications and colonial communities dating back before King William's War in the 1690s.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Perkins Homestead, Newcastle

The family homestead and lifelong summer residence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's influential secretary of labor, Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in the Cabinet.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Olson House, Cushing

Andrew Wyeth spent 30 summers at this house and is buried on the grounds. The house is depicted in many of his paintings, including Christina's World. 

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Old York Gaol, York

This building was used as a jail from 1719 to 1879. It was built using architectural elements of an even older jail.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Norridgewock Archeological District

This district encompasses the village of the Norridgewock Abenaki. They were pushed out of the area in a series of conflicts with colonists in the first half of the 18th century.

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Maine

The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:

The Great Seal of the State of Maine

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Nickels-Sortwell House, Wiscasset

Originally built for a ship's captain in 1807, this house is now a museum.