Peavey Memorial Library
Peavey Memorial Library is an historic public library in downtown Eastport, Maine, United States. It was built in 1893 in the Romanesque Revival style and named for Albert Peavey, an Eastport resident whose son, Frank Peavey, had moved to Minnesota, founded a major grain company, and invented the concrete grain elevator.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: library
- Address: 26 Water Street, Eastport, ME 04631
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eastport Historic District and Boynton Street Historic District.
Eastport Historic District
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The Eastport Historic District encompasses the late 19th-century commercial center of the city of Eastport, Maine. Set on a five-block stretch of Water Street, this area was almost completely redeveloped after a major fire in 1886, and many of its buildings are the work of a single architect, Henry Black.
Boynton Street Historic District
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The Boynton Street Historic District encompasses three historic Federal-period houses between 13 and 26 Boynton Street in Eastport, Maine. Built between 1810 and 1920, these well-preserved buildings represent the finest concentration of their type in easternmost Maine.
Central Congregational Church
Church
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The Central Congregational Church is a historic church at 26 Middle Street in Eastport, Maine, USA. The meeting house was built in 1829, and is a remarkably sophisticated example of Federal style architecture for what was then a frontier community. Central Congregational Church is situated 640 feet northwest of Peavey Memorial Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastport and Lubec.
Eastport
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Eastport a town in the Down East region of Maine on Moose Island at the junction of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays. A causeway on Route 190 connects the island to the mainland.
Lubec
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Lubec is a town in the Down East region of Maine along the coast. Lubec is the easternmost town in the United States of America.
Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation
Village
Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation is one of two reservations of the federally recognized Passamaquoddy tribe in Washington County, Maine, United States. Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation is situated 4½ miles northwest of Peavey Memorial Library.
Peavey Memorial Library
- Categories: public library, library network, building, and education
- Location: City of Eastport, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.90364° or 44° 54′ 13″ northLongitude
-66.98524° or 66° 59′ 7″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87PMW237+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 976502362OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
4974883Wikidata ID
Q17109145
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