Buxton Powder House

The Buxton Powder House is a historic military storage magazine in Buxton, Maine. Built in 1813, this small brick building housed the community's military supplies during the War of 1812, and is one of three such structures to survive in the state.

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Type: Historic building
Description: artillery magazine in Buxton, Maine
Address: Long Plains Road, Buxton, ME 04093

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Elden’s Store.

Elden’s Store

Building

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Elden's Store is a historic commercial building on Long Plains Road in the center of Buxton, Maine. Elden’s Store is situated 1,900 feet east of Buxton Powder House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bar Mills and Buxton.

Bar Mills

Neighborhood

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Bar Mills is an unincorporated village in the town of Buxton, York County, Maine, United States. Bar Mills is situated 2½ miles south of Buxton Powder House.

Buxton

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Buxton is a small farming town in Maine that is in the Portland Metropolitan Area.

Town of Hollis

Village

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Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Town of Hollis is situated 4 miles southwest of Buxton Powder House.

Buxton Powder House

Categories: artillery magazine, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Town of Buxton, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.64996° or 43° 38′ 60″ north

Longitude

-70.54856° or 70° 32′ 55″ west

Established

1813

Levels

1

Roof shape

pyramidal

Open location code

87MFJFX2+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Buxton Center Baptist Church and Emery (Woodlawn) Cemetery.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: KereBear Child Care and Love & Learn Child Care.

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Worth a closer look: Augusta and Portland.

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