Rock Rest is a historic house and African-American traveler's accommodation at 167 Brave Boat Harbor Road in Kittery, Maine. The property was operated as a summer guest house by Clayton and Hazel Sinclair between 1946 and 1977, and is one of the few known places in Maine that explicitly welcomed African-American guests in an era when racial discrimination in public accommodations was common. Rock Rest is situated 2½ miles southeast of Adams Lot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kittery and Eliot.

Kittery

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Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Eliot

Town

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Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across from Portsmouth and Newington, New Hampshire. Eliot is situated 3½ miles west of Adams Lot.

South Eliot

Neighborhood

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South Eliot is a census-designated place in the town of Eliot in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,550 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. South Eliot is situated 3½ miles west of Adams Lot.

Adams Lot

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Town of Kittery, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.12575° or 43° 7′ 33″ north

Longitude

-70.71555° or 70° 42′ 56″ west

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

87MF47GM+7Q

GeoNames ID

9678797

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