Eastport Architecture Book

46. U.S. Customs and Border Protection seasonal border crossing, Little’s Cove
[c. 2010].
48. U.S./Canada Boundary Range Mark, Todd’s Head. Seven-foot high concrete
pyramid [1919].
49. View of Water Street and downtown Eastport from the top of the American Can
Building at 15 Sea Street.
50. Sutler’s House/Barracks Museum, 74 Washington Street [1822]. This building
was originally the Sutler’s House at Fort Sullivan in Eastport, and later became part of
the Officers’ Quarters. Fort Sullivan was decommissioned in 1873 and this part of the
Officers’ Quarters was moved to its current location in 1877. The building is now owned
and operated as a historical museum by the Border Historical Society.
51. Copper beech tree, 17 Boynton Street. Planted by British forces during their
occupation of Eastport during and after the War of 1812.
52. U.S. customs house/post office building, 2 Washington Street [1891]. Designed
by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, U.S. Treasury Department architect.
53. Eastport Savings Bank building, 43 Water Street [1887]. Designed by Henry
Black of Boston and Saint John (New Brunswick). The original and restoration
sandstone came from the same Wallace Quarry of Wallace, Nova Scotia. The building
is now owned by the Tides Institute & Museum of Art.
54 & 55. View from Huston’s Cove looking out over Passamaquoddy Bay with
Campobello Island (New Brunswick) in the distance.
56. Second floor staircase, Chaffey Saltbox House on nearby Indian Island (New
Brunswick) [1818].
57. Temporary directional marking on Norwood Road.
60. L to R: Leavitt, Trefrey, and Sharland blocks, 109, 103 and 93 Water Street [1887].
All designed by Henry Black of Boston and Saint John (New Brunswick).
62. Gravestone, Hillside Cemetery. Although there is no date on the stone, it is likely
mid-nineteenth century. The back is engraved with the epitaph: “Little Willie. Son of
Edward & Abby Mabee. AE. 4 mos.”
63. Window showing interior staircase, former Washington Street Baptist Church,
36 Washington Street [1837]. The church was raised with ground level vestry space
added in 1882. It has been recently repurposed as a community arts center under the
auspices of the Eastport Arts Center.
64. Mabee Lumber Yard, 9 Dana Street [c. 1935].
65. Grindstone, Raye’s Mustard Mill, 83 Washington Street [1903]. The Raye’s
business began in 1900 to provide mustard for the canning of sardines. When the local
sardine industry disappeared, Raye’s repositioned itself to produce a range of mustard
varieties for a gourmet market. Still used daily, these mill grindstones are the original
ones obtained from France in 1900. Raye’s is North America’s last remaining traditional
stone-ground mustard mill.
66 & 67. Interior of American Can Building, 15 Sea Street [1908].
68. Masonic Block, 32 Water Street [1887]. Designed by Henry Black of Boston and
Saint John (New Brunswick).
69. Detail of eroded concrete support column beneath American Can Building,
15 Sea Street [1908].
70. Cummings Garage, 21 Washington Street [1956].
71. L to R: Sentinel and A.B. Davis Blocks [1887]. Designed by Henry Black of Boston
and Saint John (New Brunswick). The Sentinel Block had later brick facade refacing.
72. Jackson House, 70 Washington Street [1882]. Designed by A.C. Fernald
of Boston. At the same time, Fernald was one of the architects employed by the
Campobello Company in the construction of the Owen Hotel on nearby Campobello
Island (New Brunswick).
73. Foot of staircase in Patrick Whalen House, 7 Key Street [c. 1820]. Design
attributed to Daniel Low of Eastport.
74. Frontier National Bank, 30 Water Street [1882]. Designed by Charles Kimball of
Portland (Maine). This was the only downtown building to survive the fire of 1886 that
leveled the business core and waterfront.
75. Frontier National Bank with c. 1910 addition at left, 30 Water Street [1882].
Designed by Charles Kimball of Portland (Maine).
76. Fiberglass sailboat hull undergoing restoration and repair. Moose Island Marine
Boatyard, Deep Cove.
77. Fisherman statue, Water Street. Initially meant to be temporary, the statue was
actually a prop from the television series Murder in Small Town X filmed in Eastport
in 2001. A plaque was installed on it to commemorate Ángel Juarbe, Jr., the winner
of Murder in Small Town X and a Bronx firefighter who was killed in the World Trade
Center collapse on September 11, 2001, one week after the series finale.
78 & 79. Three styles of Eastport architecture. L to R: Italianate style Tuttle House at
17 Key Street [1880], Greek Revival style Norwood House at 15 Key Street [c. 1824], and
Federal style Central Congregational Church at 26 Middle Street [1829].
80. 13 Middle Street [c. 1840].
81. Veterans Memorial Hall, 6 Green Street [c. 1820]. View of upper floor with its
mid- to late-nineteenth century painted murals. Built as the Free Will Baptist vestry,
after the American Civil War it became home to the Grand Army of the Republic and
later the American Legion. It is now owned by the Tides Institute & Museum of Art.
82. Ocean Renewal Power Company tidal generator turbines. Former boat school
grounds, Deep Cove.
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