Main Street Historic District (Rockland, Maine)
Main Street Historic District | |
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Location | Main St. from Limerock to Winter Sts., Rockland, Maine |
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Coordinates | 44°6′14″N 69°6′34″W / 44.10389°N 69.10944°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 78000182[1] (original) 11000991 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 7, 1978 |
Boundary increase | January 4, 2012 |
The Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of
Description and history
The area that is now Rockland was settled as part of Thomaston in the late 18th century. The city's harbor proved a good shipbuilding location, and the area's limestone were developed as a locally significant lime-burning industry, with kilns lining parts of the shore. The area was incorporated as East Thomaston in 1848, and reincorporated as the city of Rockport in 1854. The city's early 19th-century downtown was largely destroyed by a series of fires in 1853. As a consequence, the new downtown that was built up with a significant number of Italianate brick buildings.[2]
The historic district, as originally listed in 1978, extended along Main Street, from Winter Street to the municipal parking lot entrance north of Tillson Avenue on the east side, and from Museum Street to Limerock Street on the west side.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Main Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Main Street Historic District Boundary Increase, Rockland, 1848 - 1941". Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved April 19, 2016.