Tate House Museum- Portland, ME
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YoSam.
N 43° 39.457 W 070° 18.730
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"Built astride rose granite steps and a period herb garden overlooking the Stroudwater River on the outskirts of Portland, this magnificent 1755 house was built by Captain George Tate." - Fodor's Travels
Waymark Code: WMK987
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2014
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County of house: Cuberland County
Locatio of house: 1267 Westbrook St., Portland
Date house built: 1755
Phone: (207) 774-6177
House cared for by: The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maine
You can drive there, as I did or
Metro Route #5 goes from the Metro Pulse on Elm Street in the center of Portland, west to the Portland Transportation Center and then along Congress Street to the Jetport and the Maine Mall and back every half hour Monday through Saturday with a stop along Congress Street by the Museum. On Sunday the buses are somewhat less frequent.
When it was built in 1755, Tate House was considered a large and elegant home. The house was constructed for Captain George Tate (1700-1794) and his family who had arrived in the Colonies around 1750. Tate served as the Senior Mast Agent for the British Royal Navy, overseeing the cutting and shipping of white pines from Maine to England. This position assured Tate's success, and his status in the community is reflected by the style of architecture he selected for his home. With its clapboards still unpainted, Tate House is one of two residences in Maine with an unusual subsumed dormor in the gambrel roof. As the only pre-Revolutionary home in Greater Portland that is open to the public, the impressive period furnishings, beautiful grounds and herb gardens, and unique architecture of Tate House offer an insightful glimpse at the 18th century and life in Colonial Maine." - Tate Museum
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