In which year was the historic house and museum that the Maine Historical Society operates from designated as a National Historic Landmark?
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Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society is the official state historical society of Maine. It is located at 489 Congress Street in downtown Portland. The Society currently operates the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, a National Historic Landmark, Longfellow Garden, the Maine Historical Society Museum and Store, the Brown Research Library, as well as the Maine Memory Network, an online database of documents and images that includes resources from many of state's local historical societies.
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Wadsworth-Longfellow House The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is a historic house and museum in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located at 489 Congress Street and is operated by the Maine Historical Society. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and administratively added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The house is open daily to public from May through October (half days on Sundays). An admission fee is charged.
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John Dunlap House The John Dunlap House, also known as Gilman Mansion, is an historic house located at 4 Oak Street in Brunswick, Maine, United States. Built in 1799, it was probably one of Brunswick's grandest houses of the time, built for John Dunlap, a prominent local businessman. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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Lord Mansion The Lord Mansion is a historic house at 20 Summer Street (Maine State Route 35) in Kennebunk, Maine. The multi-part house includes a 1760 Georgian house as an ell to its main element, an 1801 Federal period structure. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 for its architectural significance; it is also a contributing element to the Kennebunk Historic District.
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Mayflower House Museum The Mayflower House Museum is an 18th-century period historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts operated by The Mayflower Society, also known as the General Society of "Mayflower" Descendants. The Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in 1941.
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Capt. Reuben Merrill House The Captain Reuben Merrill House is an historic house at 233 West Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Built in 1858, it is one of the town's largest and most elaborate 19th-century houses, and is one of three known surviving works of Portland architect Thomas J. Sparrow. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is now home to Maine Preservation, a statewide architectural preservation organization.
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Cliffwood Hall Cliffwood Hall, formerly Clifton Town Hall, is a historic municipal and social meeting hall at 15 Rebel Hill Road in Clifton, Maine. Built in 1892, it was for nearly 90 years the town's town hall, and one of its principal social meeting venues. It is now home to the Clifton Historical Society's museum collection and is known as the Clifton Town Hall Museum. The Society also operates the Harold Allan Schoolhouse.
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Robert Carleton House The Robert Carleton House is a historic house on North Main Street in Sangerville, Maine. Built c. 1819, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Piscataquis County. The 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with vernacular Federal style, was built by Robert Carleton on land purchased from his brother, a worker in the nearby fulling mill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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Neal Dow House The Neal Dow House, also known as Gen. Neal Dow House, is an historic house found at 714 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. It was built in 1829 for noted politician and prohibitionist Neal Dow (1804-1897), and was later designated a National Historic Landmark for that association. Dow was the author of the first prohibition law passed by the Maine legislature in 1851 (and giving such laws the epithet "Maine law"). He was known as a tireless, internationally known activist for the temperance movement. Dow's house was a center of activism in his lifetime, and is now the headquarters of the Maine chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
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Holman Day House The Holman Day House is a historic house at 2 Goff Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1895, it is one of the state's finest examples of Queen Anne architecture, and is further notable as the home of Maine author Holman Day. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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Sheepscot Historic District The Sheepscot Historic District encompasses a historic village in Alna and Newcastle, Maine. Located just below the mouth of Dyer Brook where it enters the Sheepscot River, the 1200 acre includes an area that has seen little alteration in more than 100 years, and includes one of the oldest roadways in the state. The area is archaeologically sensitive for prehistoric and historic settlement sites. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1978.
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Connecticut Landmarks Connecticut Landmarks is an organization that has restored and operates significant historic house museums in Connecticut. Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, the organization founded in 1936 as the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society. Connecticut Landmarks now owns a statewide network of historic properties that span four centuries. Some museums are operated by other organizations. The organization's mission is "to inspire interest and encourage learning about the American past by preserving selected historic properties, collections and stories and presenting programs that meaningfully engage the public and our communities."
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Seavey-Robinson House The Seavey-Robinson House is an historic house built in the Carpenter Gothic style in South Portland, Maine. Built c. 1854-57, it is a rare example of a Carpenter Gothic cottage, originally built in a rural setting, since urbanized. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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Capt. Reuel and Lucy Merrill House The Captain Reuel and Lucy Merrill House is a historic house at 66 Winn Road in Cumberland Center, Maine. Built in 1835, it is a well-preserved example of a connected New England farmstead with Greek Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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Mechanics Hall (Portland, Maine) Mechanics Hall is a historic commercial building and meeting hall at 519 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. Built in 1857-59 by and for the members of the Maine Charitable Mechanical Association, it is a well-preserved example of commercial Italianate architecture executed in brick and stone, and a landmark in Portland's downtown business district. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The building is still owned by the association, which has a library and sponsors events.
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McCobb–Hill–Minott House The McCobb–Hill–Minott House is a historic house at 44 Parker Head Road in Phippsburg, Maine. Built in 1774, it is a high quality example of late Georgian architecture, notable for its architecture and its prominent residents, who included Mark Langdon Hill, Maine's first United States Congressman. The house is now the 1774 Inn, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
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Old State House (Boston) The Old State House is a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Washington and State Streets. Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1798, and is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States. One of the landmarks on Boston's Freedom Trail, it is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, and now serves as a history museum operated by the Bostonian Society. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1994.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Boyhood Home The Nathaniel Hawthorne Boyhood Home is a historic house at Raymond Cape Road and Hawthorne Road in Raymond, Maine. Built about 1812, the house was the childhood home of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Its interior now much altered, it serves as a function space for a community organization dedicated to its preservation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
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Old Town House (Parsonsfield, Maine) The Old Town House is the town hall of Parsonsfield, Maine. Located on Merrill Hill Road, the 1834 Greek Revival building has served as the town's main civic building for more than 150 years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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Wadsworth Hall Wadsworth Hall, also known as the Peleg Wadsworth House, is a historic house at the end of Douglas Road in Hiram, Maine, United States. A massive structure for a rural setting, it was built for General Peleg Wadsworth between 1800 and 1807 on a large tract of land granted to him for his service in the American Revolutionary War. Wadsworth was the leading citizen of Hiram, and important town meetings took place at the house. He was also the grandfather of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who visited the estate as a youth. The house remains in the hands of Wadsworth descendants. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Embden Town House The Embden Town House is a historic civic building at Cross Town Road, near Perkins Road, in Embden, Maine. Built in 1848, it continues to be used for town meetings and other civic functions, although town offices are now located in a more modern facility at 809 Embden Pond Road. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Albany Town House The Albany Town House is a historic town hall building at the junction of Maine Routes 5 and 35 with Vernon Street and Hunt's Corner Road in Albany Township, Maine. Built in 1848, it is the only surviving governmental structure of the former town of Albany, which was incorporated in 1803 and disincorporated in 1937. Since 1947 the building has been owned by the non-profit Albany Improvement Association, and continues to serve the area as a community hall. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.