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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. Fort Halifax is situated 1 mile west of Winslow Public Library.

Waterville Opera House and City Hall

Theater building

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Waterville Opera House and City Hall is a historic civic building at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville, Maine. Built at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of a small number of multifunction civic buildings, housing both a live performance venue and municipal facilities, functions it continues to perform today. Waterville Opera House and City Hall is situated 1 mile west of Winslow Public Library.

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. First Baptist Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Winslow Public Library.

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Winslow

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Winslow is a town in the Kennebec and Moose River Valleys region of Maine, along the Kennebec River across from Waterville.

Waterville Main Street Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Waterville Main Street Historic District encompasses the best-preserved portions of the historical commercial downtown area of Waterville, Maine. Developed most intensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area was the center of commerce for Waterville and the surrounding rural communities.

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.

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