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1805 House
Keywords: Architecture
Location: On Academy Hill, High Street, State Route 191, next door to the 1823 Washington Academy Building. East Machias
Albee-Richardson Memorial Building (Church of the Disciples of Christ)
Keywords: Architecture
Description: A simple wood clapboard building with a square tower (1811). [Source: In part or entirety from "Sunrise County Architecture" 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: On the hill below Washington Academy. East Machias 04654
Responsible Organization: Washington Academy
Davis House, Captain Frederick
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Italianate style house (1875) with a porthole window on the third floor. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Off Route 191 on a bank overlooking the East Machias River. East Machias
East Machias Historic District
Keywords: Architecture
Description: The Historic District includes 34 sites on High, Water, and Bridge Streets. On the National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: East Machias
First Congregational Church of East Machias
Keywords: Architecture
Description: This historic church is on the National Register of Historic Buildings (1836), and played an historic role in growth of the area. It also houses a rare tracker organ and is the site of the historic town clock and bell. A splendid example of the best in New England architecture, generations of families and hard work have also supported and woven this building into the fabric of the town. Dramatically lit at night.
Location: Four miles east of Machias on Route 92, directly across the river from Route 1; very visible from Route 1. In the heart of town, at head of the river when entering town from Machias. High Street, East Machias 04630
Open to the Public?: No
Quantity Site can Accommodate: 300
Dates Open: Sunday mornings - 10:30a.m. to 12 noon
Hours Open: Officially none
Advance Notice Required: One day
Responsible Organization: First Congregational Church Corporation, High Street, East Machias, ME 04630
Pope House, Warren F.
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Prominent residence in Historic District of East Machias. House was designed by nationally recognized Portland architect John Calvin Stevens. It is a well preserved, typical example of his work, a three story shingle-style 1897 home. It is said to be first house in the area to be designed by an architect.
Location: On Route 191 (High Street) East side of street about halfway between Congregational Church and Washington Academy, next door to Mary Burns School. Sign reading "Charlotte Joy Chase Gallery" on front lawn (after June 15). East Machias 04630
Open to the Public?: Yes
Quantity Site can Accommodate: 15
Dates Open: All Year
Items for Sale: Original Paintings of Maine Scenes, wildflowers, gardens.
P.O. Box 119, East Machias, ME 04630Phone: 255-4713
Rim and the Site of Fort Foster, The
Keywords: Architecture, Fort
Description: The Battle of "The Rim" took place two miles below the west or "Bad Little Falls" of the Machias River on August 13-16, 1777. The battle was fought between a British Fleet of three frigates, and white settlers and Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indian Tribes. On National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Fort Foster Park on the East Machias River. East Machias 04654
Talbot House, James R.
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Two mansard roofs, with a denticled cornice. Decorations are unique among Maine mansard houses of the period (1874). On National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: East Machias 04654
Talbot House, Peter
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Colonial house (1772), which originally stood on the location of the James Talbot House, but was moved to its present location up the hill by 9 yoke of oxen in 1875. (The original ell was not moved, and remains next to the James Talbot House.) It was restored in 1916. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: On Gunhouse Hill. East Machias
Washington Academy
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Federal Period architecture, in the East Machias Historic District (1823). On the National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: East Machias 04654
Wiswell House, Elbert
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Mansard House (1871-1872). [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: On a hill off of Route 191. East Machias
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