History House

The Skowhegan History House is a historic house and museum at 66 Elm Street in Skowhegan, Maine. Built in 1839, this two-story brick house is one of the few of that period to survive Skowhegan's industrialization later in the 19th century.

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Type: Museum
Description: historic house in Maine, United States
Address: 66 Elm Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skowhegan Public Library and Somerset County Courthouse.

Skowhegan Public Library

Library

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The Skowhegan Free Public Library is the public library of Skowhegan, Maine. It is located at 9 Elm Street, in an architecturally significant Queen Anne brick building designed by Edwin E. Skowhegan Public Library is situated 1,400 feet east of History House.

Somerset County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Somerset County Courthouse is a historic county government building on Court Street in downtown Skowhegan, Maine, the county seat of Somerset County. Somerset County Courthouse is situated 2,200 feet east of History House.

Skowhegan Fire Station

Fire station

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The Skowhegan Fire Station is located at 16 Island Avenue in the center of Skowhegan, Maine. The fire station, built in 1904 to a design by William R. Miller, is one of the state's finest Romanesque Revival fire houses. Skowhegan Fire Station is situated 1,800 feet east of History House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skowhegan and Norridgewock.

Skowhegan

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Skowhegan is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.

Norridgewock

Town

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Norridgewock is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,278 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Norridgewock is situated 5 miles southwest of History House.

Cornville

Village

Photo: Michael Hoy, CC BY 2.0.

Cornville is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,317 at the 2020 census. Cornville is situated 6 miles northeast of History House.

History House

Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Town of Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.76528° or 44° 45′ 55″ north

Longitude

-69.72596° or 69° 43′ 33″ west

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Open location code

87PGQ78F+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 768308015

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q25247552

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