Rumford Falls Power Company Building

The Rumford Falls Power Company Building is a historic commercial building at 59 Congress Street in the central business district of

The building Hardenbergh designed is a two-story brick-and-concrete structure, standing at the southwest corner of Congress and Exchange Street. Its two street-facing facades are essentially identical, divided into three sections separated by projecting piers. These piers consist of alternating bands of yellow brick and concrete on the first level, a molded concrete shield panel at the level of a band separating the first and second levels, and a decorative cornstalk-motif panel set in an otherwise brick pier at the second level. The two outer bays of each elevation are small, housing only arched entries; the outer bays have been enclosed with glass doorways, while that at the corner has a single recessed entry accessible via either arch. The central bay at the first level consists of an array of plate glass windows, topped by a metal cornice. The second level central bay has seven sash windows, separated by brick piers topped by concrete medallion. The outer bays of the upper level have paired sash windows separated by slender columns. A concrete banding course separates the second level windows from a brick entablature and simple dentillated cornice.^[4] The building originally carried a wide cornice topped by a low urned parapet, but this has been removed.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oxford County, Maine

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