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Bucknam House, John
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Wooden clapboarded gabled roof house (1792). On the National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Main Street, Columbia Falls

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Bucknam House, Samuel
Keywords: Architecture

Description: "One of the finest Federal Period Cape style houses" in Maine (1820-1821), and "one of the most ornately finished houses of its kind" in Maine. On the National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Columbia Falls

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Columbia House
Keywords: Architecture

Description: This structure, built in the 1820s, was opened as an inn in 1847. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Main Street, Columbia Falls

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Epping Baptist Church
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Greek Revival influence (1829). [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Columbia Falls

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Hamlin Hall
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Greek Revival architecture (1857). The first floor was a schoolroom. It was named for a former resident of Columbia, Elijah Hamlin, the brother of Hannibal Hamlin, the first Vice President under Abraham Lincoln. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Columbia Falls

Responsible Organization: Knights of Pythias

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Ruggles House Museum, Thomas
Keywords: Architecture, Museum

Description: Federal Style architecture (1820). This museum house is known for its "flying staircase" and fine woodcarving. On the National Register of Historic Places. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Website: http://home.midmaine.com/~ruggles/
Location: Columbia Falls
Dates Open: Open all summer.
Is there a Host(ess) Available?: Yes
Responsible Organization: The Ruggles House Society of Bar Harbor

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Wilson House, Joseph
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Classic New England Colonial style house (1793). [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Columbia Falls

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Wilson-Keene House
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Traditional Colonial style home (1790s). [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Main Street, Columbia Falls

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