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Robbinston

Brewer House Bed and Breakfast
Grace Episcopal Church
The Mansion House
Pike Milestones
Pulpit Rock
Redclyffe Shore Motel (Henrietta Brewer House)
Sewall Memorial Congregational Church


Brewer House Bed and Breakfast
Keywords: Architecture

Description: (1828-1830). On National Register of Historic Places. The only Amphiprostyle Greek Revival Temple house in this part of Maine. Underground Railroad connection. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: US Route 1, Robbinston
Open to the Public?: No


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Grace Episcopal Church
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Built (circa 1875) to serve a colony of summer people, this church was founded by the Rev. Dr. Steenstra of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has been used for summer services ever since. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Robbinston


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The Mansion House
Keywords: Architecture

Description: Greek Revival porch and glass-enclosed cupola (circa 1785). A fanlight over the door is engraved "1785." On 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: Robbinston


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Pike Milestones
Keywords: Marker

Description: Twelve granite mileage markers along U.S. Route 1 between Robbinston and Calais, placed there (between 1860-1870) by James Shepard Pike, who had a sumer home in Robbinston and a winter home in Calais. On 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: On the east side of U.S. Route 1, at one mile intervals between the Mansion House in Robbinston and the intersection of U.S. 1 and North Street in Calais. Robbinston


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Pulpit Rock
Keywords: Site

Description: Interesting geological formation.
Location: Can be seen from just above the north side of Mill Cove on Route 1. It is about a 1 mile walk along the beach from the highway. Robbinston
Items for Sale: None


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Redclyffe Shore Motel (Henrietta Brewer House)
Keywords: Architecture

Description: The "Most authentically Gothic House in eastern Maine"-- Gothic Revival (1861-1863). On 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: Robbinston


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Sewall Memorial Congregational Church
Keywords: Architecture

Description: An example of early 20th Century Church Architecture (1913). The curch has "ribbon" stained glass windows, and has the original pulpit and furnishings from the first church, which burned, that was built here in the 1830s. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: Robbinston 04628


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