Martin Hawes House - Stroudwater, ME
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N 43° 39.448 W 070° 18.727
19T E 394198 N 4834666
The pattern of the village's growth is visible in the sequence of its architecture. Although the commercial enterprises carried on in the village are no longer in existence, their sites are clearly evident.
Waymark Code: WM15CKV
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2021
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County of building: Cumberland County
Location of building: 1266 Westbrook St., Portland
Building built: 1835
"Several of the residences included within the Stroudwater Historic District are outstanding examples of the architecture of their time period. The George Tate House (1755) is a National Historic Landmark which was carefully restored by the National Society of Colonial Dames in Maine and is open to the public in the summer. The house of a mast agent for the royal navy, it is a wood-frame and clapboarded structure with a central chimney and an unusual gambrel roof pierced with windows which afford views overlooking the Fore River. The Captain James Means House (1797), the Francis Waldo House (c. 1765), the Samuel Ficket House (1795), the Martin Hawes House (1853), and the Dr. Jeremiah Baker House (1799) are significant examples of their respective periods. The remaining houses, even though more modest, contribute to the overall integrity of the historic district.
As important as the surviving structures are the locations of early village activities, even though most of the early non-residential buildings do not survive. The burial ground to the north is still extant with the earliest grave stone dating to 1739. Along the Fore River are the sites of shipyards and wharves used from 1717 to the 1850’s, a bark mill and a tidal mill of the 1830’s, and the Cumberland and Oxford Canal (1825 – 1830). On higher ground near the Tate and Means houses is the site of the mast yard (1727 – 1770’s). And behind the houses on the west side of Westbrook Street are remains of the Stroudwater Dam of 1845, built to replace one further upstream." ~ City of Portland
In 2013 the current owner of the Hawes House requested a hearing to amend the historic property