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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C2T_in-grateful-memory-of-ensign-richard-rundlett-wells_South-Bristol-ME.html
Who was born and grew to young manhood at Christmas Cove. Bred in the tradition of the sea, he was swift to volunteer when his country entered the Great War. He won a commission for meritorious service and gave his life in heroic performance of hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26PC_nickels-sortwell-house-1807_Wiscasset-ME.html
In 1807, Captain William Nickels
built one of the finest examples of high Federal style architecture in New England, a mansion of beauty, style, and sophistication.
From the elegant entrance to stunning interior detailing, this is a house desi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26P8_hilton-house-1892-sunken-garden-1904_Wiscasset-ME.html
A secret garden alive with flowers three seasons of the year, the Sunken Garden was created by Frances Sortwell in the foundation of the Hilton House hotel.
The site of a tavern since 1766 and the town stagecoach stop for most of the 19th cent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H9_downtown-stores-c-1892_Wiscasset-ME.html
19th-early 20th century downtown Wiscasset provided for all your basic needs and more. In 1898, there were 11 grocers, 3 doctors, 2 apothecaries, 3 fancy and dry goods stores, 2 hardware stores, 4 dressmakers, 2 hair dressers, a telephone company,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H8_r-h-t-taylor-store-in-1882_Wiscasset-ME.html
Richard Hawley Tucker Taylor was one of 14 children of James and Harriet Taylor. James was an English mariner who emigrated to the United States. He named his son after his employer, Captain Richard H. Tucker, Sr. When James fell on hard times in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23GK_wawenock-block-1858_Wiscasset-ME.html
Alexander Johnston, Jr. designed and named this commercial building after the Wawenocks, a band of the Penobscots, Native Americans who lived in this area for many years before the first English settlements. Local builder Henry Bragdon completed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLQ_boothbay-maine-civil-war-monument_Boothbay-ME.html
Erected
in memory of the
256 Soldiers & Sailors
from
Boothbay
in the
War of 1861-5.
"The world can never forget
what they did"
1879.
Hallowell Granite Company Hallowell Maine
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16FP_pemaquid-point-lighthouse_Bristol-ME.html
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse 1827-National Register of Historic Places 1985
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IJ_oil-house_Bristol-ME.html
The Oil House was built in 1896 to hold the oil which fueled the lighthouse lamps. A tender would sail as close to the rocks as possible, send a heavy line ashore and transfer the oil.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HT_bell-house_Bristol-ME.html
The Bell House was built in 1897 to contain the two Shipman fog-signal engines which operated the fog bell. In 1899 these engines were replaced by a Stevens Striking Machine and a wooden tower was built to accommodate the weights which activated t…