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.Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: artillery magazine in Buxton, Maine
- Address: Long Plains Road, Buxton, ME 04093
- Roof shape: pyramidal
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elden’s Store.
Elden’s Store
Building
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elden's Store is a historic commercial building on Long Plains Road in the center of Buxton, Maine. Built in 1802, it is the oldest commercial building in the rural community, and is one of the few historic brick commercial buildings in western York County. 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
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bar Mills is an unincorporated village in the town of Buxton, York County, Maine, United States. The community is located along the Saco River at the junction of state routes 4A and 112. Bar Mills has a post office with ZIP code 04004. 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. Buxton includes the villages of Salmon Falls/Tory Hill, Chicopee, Groveville, Bar Mills, West Buxton, and Buxton Center.
Town of Hollis
Village
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Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,745 at the 2020 census. Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland and is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. 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″ northLongitude
-70.54856° or 70° 32′ 55″ westInception
1813Levels
1Open location code
87MFJFX2+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1382589083OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=pyramidalWikidata ID
Q20709025
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