Charles Best House
Charles Best House | |
 Best House, 2006 | |
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| Location | Old County Rd., West Pembroke, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 44°56′51″N 67°10′30″W / 44.94750°N 67.17500°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000784[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 2, 1982 |
The Charles Best House is a historic house on Old County Road in West Pembroke, Maine, United States. Built in 1845, it is a fairly typical example of a mid-19th century Greek Revival connected farmstead. It is notable as the birthplace in 1899 of Charles Best (1899–1978), who is credited as a co-discoverer of insulin and the development of its therapeutic use in the treatment of diabetes. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
Description and significance
The Best House is set on the north side of Old County Road in the village of West Pembroke in Down East Maine. The main portion of the house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood frame block, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. The entrance, set in the leftmost bay of the southwest-facing front, is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by an entablature. Southeast of the main block, a 1+1⁄2-story ell has a secondary entrance with a gable-roof dormer above. A second ell connects this wing to a single-story carriage house and a barn.[2]
The house is estimated to have been built about 1845. In 1899, it was here that
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Charles Best House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-04.