Eastport Architecture Book

83. Remains of powder magazine of Fort Sullivan/Fort Sherbrooke, McKinley Street
[1814]. Built by British forces during their occupation (1814–1818) of Eastport during and
after the War of 1812.
84. Former Episcopal Parsonage, 2 School Street [1887]. Designed by Francis
Fassett of Portland (Maine).
85. Huston House, 6 Third Street [c. 1850]. The house incorporates an earlier Red
Store that originally stood on a nearby wharf. The mansard roof, bay windows and front
portico were late nineteenth-century additions.
86. Door in Noyes/Mabee House, 34 Washington Street [1820]. This narrow
stateroom door was salvaged from the steamship Winthrop.
87. Staircase in Noyes/Mabee House, 34 Washington Street [1820]. This staircase
was salvaged from the steamship Winthrop.
88. Basement fireplace, ‘Type Z’ permanent residence building, Redoubt Hill [1935].
Designed by John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens of Portland (Maine). Part
of the Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Development Project.
89. King post detail in the attic of the Central Congregational Church, 26 Middle
Street [1829]. Designed by Daniel Low of Eastport. With a sophisticated heavy timber
truss design using purlins, rafters, diagonal struts and king/prince posts, the ingenious
structural solution found in the church is not only incredibly strong, it is unique in all of
New England.
90 & 91. View of Broad Cove from Shackford Head State Park. Salmon aquaculture
pens can be seen in the cove.
92. Waco Diner, 47 Water Street. The original diner began as a lunch cart at this
location in 1924. The Waco is the oldest diner business in Maine, although its current
building is late-twentieth century.
93. 18 Broadway Street [c. 1890].
96. Detail of push plates on inner entry doors, Albert Peavey Memorial Library, 26
Water Street [1893]. Designed by Rotch and Tilden of Boston.
98. Todd House, 1 Capen Avenue, Todd’s Head [c. 1770]. This Eastport’s oldest house.
99. 15 Third Street [c. 1850].
100. Warnock House, 34 Shackford Street [1899].
101. Warnock House, 34 Shackford Street [1899].
102 & 103. Pews and stained glass windows of the North Church, 82 High Street
[1819]. The oldest church in Eastport, the original North Church was raised in 1881 to
allow for a vestry floor beneath the sanctuary. The c. 1920 stained glass windows were
designed by Spence, Bell and Company of Boston. The building is being repurposed by
the Tides Institute & Museum of Art as a space for small performances and larger-scale
art and multi-media installations.
104. Masonic Tomb at Hillside Cemetery [1828]. The City of Eastport took over the
north (left) entrance in the late-nineteenth century.
105. Elm Cottage with later gingerbread trim, 2 Elm Street [1817–1818].
106. Collection of Passamaquoddy baskets, Todd House, 1 Capen Avenue, Todd’s
Head.
107. Iron staircase, U.S. customs house/post office Building, 2 Washington Street
[1891]. Designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, U.S. Treasury Department architect.
Staircase built by Tacony Iron & Metal Company, Tacony, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).
108. Yeaton-Spates House, outer Washington Street on County Road [c. 1840].
109. 35 Clark Street [c. 1820].
110. 24 Capen Avenue [c. 1780].
111. 22 Third Street [c. 1840].
112. Brooks House, 17 Shackford Street [c. 1820].
113. ‘Type Y’ permanent residence building, Redoubt Hill [1935]. Designed by
John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens of Portland (Maine). Part of the
Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Development.
114 & 115. Downtown buildings, L to R: Albert Peavey Memorial Library, 26 Water
Street [1893], designed by Rotch and Tilden of Boston; Frontier National Bank
building, 30 Water Street [1882, with later side addition], designed by Charles Kimball
of Portland (Maine); Masonic Block, 32 Water Street [1887], designed by Henry Black
of Boston and Saint John (New Brunswick).
116. Book stacks, Albert Peavey Memorial Library, 26 Water Street [1893].
Designed by Rotch and Tilden of Boston.
117. Tiffany glass mosaic panel, Cornerstone Baptist Church, County Road.
Originally installed and located in the Washington Street Baptist Church at 36
Washington Street, this magnificent artwork was moved upon the completion of
the congregation’s new church in 2005. The bottom cast panel reads “To the Glory
of God, In Loving Remembrance of Samuel Stevens and his family and of Emory
Lyon.”
118. Detail of fused pew and column in the Central Congregational Church, 26
Middle Street [1829]. Designed by Daniel Low of Eastport.
119. Detail of fireplace in Hawkes House, 15 Shackford Street [1816–1818].
Clockwise from upper left:
120a. 188 Water Street [c. 1890].
120b. Livermore House, 20 Key Street [1821]. Designed by Daniel Low of Eastport.
120c. 5 Green Street [c. 1840].
120d. 116 Water Street [c. 1915].
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