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Norlands, The
The Norlands mansion in August 2010. Part of the barn reconstruction can be seen on the right
Location: 295 Norlands Rd., Livermore, Maine Coordinates: 44°24′27″N 70°12′39″W / 44.4075°N 70.21083°WCoordinates: 44°24′27″N 70°12′39″W / 44.4075°N 70.21083°W Built: 1821 Architectural style: Gothic Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 69000004
[1]Added to NRHP: December 30, 1969 The Norlands (Israel Washburn Homestead) is a historic site on Norlands Road in Livermore, Maine, United States. It was owned by Israel Washburn and his descendants.
The site was built in 1821 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
The house is now operated as part of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 19th-century period farm with living-history demonstrations. The buildings include the Norlands mansion, a mid-19th-century period schoolhouse, a library with displays about the Washburn family, a meeting house, a farmer's cottage, and a barn with farm animals. The barn and farmer's cottage burned down in April 2008 but were rebuilt and reopened in early 2011.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Norlands Fire Spares Center's Crown" - Portland Press Herald, March 17 2010
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