Joshua Pettegrove House
Joshua Pettegrove House | |
Location | St. Croix Dr., Red Beach, Calais, Maine |
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Coordinates | 45°7′32″N 67°8′47″W / 45.12556°N 67.14639°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1854 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Downingesque |
NRHP reference No. | 94000179[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 17, 1994 |
The Joshua Pettegrove House is a historic house on St. Croix Drive in the Red Beach area of Calais, Maine. Built about 1854, it is one of a number of high-quality Gothic Revival houses in the region, The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
Description and history
The Joshua Pettegrove House is located in far southern Calais, on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) parcel of mostly wooded land called Pettegrove Point, which juts into the
The house and carriage barn were built about 1854, by one of two owners who owned it in rapid succession. Edward Burgin, the later of the two, sold the property, "with cottage and stable", to Joshua Pettegrove, an immigrant from New Brunswick, in 1854. The architect of the building is unknown, and the property is one of a handful of well-preserved Gothic Revival houses in Calais and neighboring Robbinston.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Joshua Pettegrove House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 9, 2015.