City of Waterville

City of Waterville is a locality in Kennebec, Maine. City of Waterville is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hayden Corner, as well as near Fairfield Center.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colby College Museum of Art and Fort Halifax.

Colby College Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Colby College Museum of Art is an art museum on the campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Founded in 1959 and now comprising five wings, nearly 8,000 works and more than 38,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Colby College Museum of Art has…

Fort Halifax

Archaeological site

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Fort Halifax is a former British outpost on the banks of the Sebasticook River, just above its mouth at the Kennebec River, in Winslow, Maine. Originally built as a wooden palisaded fort in 1754, during the French and Indian War, only a single blockhouse survives.

First Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Hugh Manatee, Public domain.

The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 1 Park Street in Waterville, Maine. Built in 1826, it is the city's oldest standing public building. It was renovated in 1875 to a design by Francis H.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterville and Winslow.

Waterville

Photo: Jody Roberts, CC BY 2.0.

Waterville is a small city on the Kennebec River, home to Colby College. Because of its location along a former migration corridor between Quebec and New England, Franco-American culture is evident here.