Make Your Destination Cherryfield!

Where the Blackwoods & Bold Coast Scenic Byways

Meet the Narraguagus River

A Guide to the Cherryfield Historic District

And
Other Cherryfield Attractions

Cherryfield – Narraguagus Historical Society

In Partnership with
Destination Cherryfield
 A Guide to the Cherryfield Historic District
And
Other Cherryfield Attractions

Cherryfield – Narraguagus Historical Society

In Partnership with Destination Cherryfield

In Honor and Appreciation of all Cherryfield Veterans

Civil War WW 1

WW2 Korea & Vietnam

Thank you for your service!

Here are a few of the beautiful sights around Cherryfield.
 We hope you enjoy the walking tour.

The tour starts at the

Cherryfield-Narraguagus
Historical Society building
at 88 River Road (#1).
Follow the numbered map at the center of
this booklet!

Paid for in part by

Maine State Office of Tourism
 The Cherryfield Historic District

The Cherryfield Historic District was entered in the Na-

tional Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1990 by
recommendation of the Maine Historic Preservation
Commission and was approved by the Department of
the Interior in Washington, D.C.

The Cherryfield Historic District is an area of approxi-

mately 75 acres lying on both sides of the Narraguagus
River. The historic district is comprised of a collection
of substantially intact residential and commercial
buildings that clearly depict the nineteenth century
development of a riverside community.

Cherryfield has been approved as an historic district by

virtue of its depiction of community development and
association with commerce, through its association
with significant persons and for architectural history.

Although the buildings are framed with wood, the dis-

trict architecturally holds representative examples of
the most popular nineteenth century residential styles
with an especially impressive concentration of Second
Empire dwellings. Included in the styles are:

 Second Empire
 Federal
 Greek Revival
 Italianate
 Queen Anne
 Colonial Revival

This walking tour includes 80 sites and structures.

Some of the building in this booklet are not in the orig-
inal Historic District but do have historical significance
to the town.
 Index of Buildings in Tour

1 Cherryfield Narraguagus Historical Society

2 Freeman Kingsley House
3 Michael Feeney House
4 Patrick O'Locklin House
5 George Wingate / G. R. Campbell House
6 James W. Moore / William M. Nash House
7 Frank C. Nash House
8 J.C. Smith / Edward Wingate House
9 First Congregational Church
10 Jeremiah O. Burnham House
11 James C. Adams House
12 Former Baptist Parsonage
13 A. Campbell / C. Burbank House
14 John H. Nickels House
15 J.W. Coffin and Company Store
16 Nash Building
17 A.L. Stewart Store
18 Peter Smith Store
19 Wm Freeman, Jr / Ellery B. Nash House
20 Arthur R. Willey House
21 Obediah C. Ward House
22 Uriah N. Small House
23 Ricker Blacksmith Shop
24 (First) Amaziah Ricker House
25 George B. Ricker House
26 Jacob T. Campbell House
27 Edmund Nugent / Peter Smith House
28 Frank C. Schoppe House
29 James Campbell House
30 Otis Godfrey/Frank Patten House
31 Moses Coffin House
32 Joseph Strout House
33 Frank Campbell House
34 Albert Campbell House
35 Pine Grove Cemetery
36 General Alexander Campbell House
37 (Second) Samuel N. Campbell House
38 Fred. S. Nickels House
39 Albert G. Campbell House
40 Charles A. Campbell House
 See Map in Center of Book

41 Charles P. Nickels House

42 (First) Samuel N. Campbell House
43 Esquire William Freeman, Sr. House
44 Lucy Nash/ George Wakefield House
45 Wm Freeman, Sr / Ed. Wakefield House
46 Uriah N. Small Store
47 Burnham Tavern / Old Hotel
48 Jeremiah O. Nickels Store
49 A. Campbell and Company Store
50 Silsby Block
51 Frank W. Patten Store
52 Arthur L. Stewart House
53 J.W. Coffin House
54 Sturgis Family House
55 Shaw / Freeman Store
56 Alexander Gleason House
57 Smith Inman House
58 Cherryfield Railroad Station
59 David W. Campbell House
60 (Second) Amaziah Ricker House
61 Charles A. Allen House
62 Stillman Smith House
63 J. C. Strout House
64 James Sproul House
65 Cherryfield Baptist Church
66 Arthur R. Nash House
67 Cherryfield Academy
68 Henry L. Nash House
69 William B. Nash House
70 Old Cemetery
71 Grammar School
72 Joseph C. Lewis House
73 Adams / Freeman House
74 Samuel Ray House
75 Charles E. Tucker House
76 Joseph T. Adams House
77 Archibald /Adams House
78 Alvin N. Webb House
79 Coffin / Small / Mathews Store
80 Winfield S. Davis Store
 Cherryfield ca 1854

Reference for numbers in picture above.

1. Old Schoolhouse, earlier used by Baptist Church

2. Freeman’s Barn
3. Esquire Freeman 1838
4. Jeremiah O. Nickels House & Shop
5. Jim Sanborn Apothecary & Saloon
6. A. Campbell & Co. Store
7. Old Campbell House
8. Charles P. Nickels 1853/54
9. Lucy Nash
10. Old Hotel built by Esquire Freeman
11. Mary Meserve Millinery
12. Mr. Brown, later Freeman Kingsley
13. Lewis & Godfrey Store
14. Hotel Barn
1 Cherryfield Narraguagus Historical Society
ca. 1785
Federal Colonial
This property was originally owned by John Sprague and sold
to John Small in 1782. It was also the Narraguagus Inn used
by sportsmen who fished salmon here on the river. This his-
toric building is now home to the Cherryfield - Narraguagus
Historical Society.

2 Freeman Kingsley House

1837
Greek Revival
This house was built in the 1837 by Freeman Kingsley. Alfred
P. Burnham lived here in 1881. This is the only visible flat
board house left in town. Mary Wass resided here in 1920,
and later it became the Allen Sproul home.

3 Michael Feeney House

ca. 1880
Italianate
Michael Feeney lived here in 1881. He was a sawmill worker.
Arthur Bartlett was here from 1900 through the 1920’s. He
rebuilt the footbridge after the 1923 flood. Ida Lewis lived
here in the 1940’s.

4 Patrick O’ Locklin House

Before 1860
Vernacular Greek Revival
Patrick O’Locklin lived here in 1861. On the 1881 map it is
listed as "Coffin and Company".
5 George Wingate / G. R. Campbell House
1850
Italianate
In 1870 Geo. Wingate was a manufacturer of blinds, sashes
and doors. The house was acquired in 1881 by G.R. Camp-
bell who owned Cherryfield's’ largest lumber manufacturing
and mercantile firm. This house remains in the family.

6 James W. Moore / William M. Nash House

1840-1888
Second Empire

Considered to be one of Maine’s most distinctive late 19th

Century dwelling houses, this building is the largest in the
district and is also one of the most lavishly ornamented. It is
one of local builder Charles A. Allen’s masterpieces. His
work was actually a major remodeling of a temple style
Greek Revival dwelling which had been occupied by James
W. Moore. Further, tradition recounts that a Cape preceded
the Greek Revival building, and its structure remains some-
where within the volume of the present house. Nash, a tan-
ner, shoemaker and lumber manufacturer, married Moore’s
daughter Caroline.

7 Frank C. Nash House

1888
Queen Anne
Nash was a partner in a lumber manufacturing firm and a
merchant. Asaph Allen was the architect and builder.

8 J.C. Smith / Edward Wingate House

1830
Transitional Federal/Greek Revival

One of the oldest surviving buildings in the Historic District.

This is very typical of Cape Cod houses built here.
9 First Congregational Church
1883
Gothic Revival
This church was designed and built by Charles A. Allen and
formally dedicated on July 15, 1885. The ceiling design is
very similar to the Old Baptist Church (burned 1903) which
Mr. Allen built in 1872.

10 Jeremiah O’Brien Burnham House

1850
Federal Colonial
Burnham was probably the partner in the lumber manufac-
turing firm of Campbell and Burnham. He also owned and
operated the Cherryfield Hotel (# 47) in the 1840’s. Today
this house is owned by the Maine Seacoast Mission and is
called the Lamb House.

11 James C. Adams House

1850
Transitional Italianate
J. C. Adams lived here from 1861 to 1881. He was the Regis-
trar of Deeds for Washington County. Dr. Edgar B. Stanley
also lived here. He was the town’s last doctor who made
house calls, served as a dentist, and single handedly took
care of the town.

12 Former Baptist Parsonage

1840
Greek Revival
This building was owned by A.R. Nash. Noted in 1861 as the
U.N. Small Store and by 1881 served as the Baptist Parson-
age.
13 A. Campbell / C. Burbank House
ca 1791 & 1825
Federal
Formerly two separate structures (located across the street
from one another) and joined in ca. 1825/1830. Part of pre-
sent house existed in 1794 and was used by Alexander
Campbell. It has been lovingly restored.

14 John H. Nickels House

ca. 1850
Greek Revival
John H. Nickels lived ,until his death in 1897, in this lovely
homestead overlooking the Narraguagus River. His son Rob-
ert Nickels lived here in 1900. Robert was a merchant in
1900, and an Express Agent in 1910.

15 J.W. Coffin and Co. Store

1860
Vernacular Italianate
This stood on the opposite side of the bridge from the Nash
Building (#16) until it was moved to its present site in 1936.
It was built as the J.W. Coffin and Co. Store, and its second
floor was used as a Masonic Hall and is still used for that pur-
pose today.

16 Nash Building
1880
Vernacular Italianate
This building was built as a drug store and had many uses
over the years. The Nash family used it as office space for 30
years. Steel splice bands, used to lengthen ship masts, can
still be seen on timbers reused as piers at the rear of the
building.
17 A.L. Stewart Store
1860
Vernacular Italianate
It was used as a store, then as A.L. Stewart's office. The origi-
nal Stewart’s blueberry factory set directly across the street.
They started canning blueberries in 1865 to help feed the
Union troops. The story goes that the first pack all exploded
because the cans didn’t seal properly.

18 Peter Smith Store

1858
Vernacular Italianate
Peter Smith ran a general mercantile business & meat mar-
ket here starting in 1858. The porch built on between 1895
and 1901.

19 Wm Freeman, Jr. / Ellery B. Nash House

1840
Greek Revival
William Freeman, Jr. resided here in 1861. Before 1881 he
moved across the river to his new home which today is
where Weald Bethel is located (the new home burned in the
1940's). Ellery B. Nash lived here in 1881.

20 Arthur R. Willey House

1876
Second Empire
Willey was a justice and his family included lumber manufac-
turers and merchants. He was a great grandson of the found-
ing father of the town Ichabod Willey. The interior was re-
stored by a former owner.
21 Obediah C. Ward House
1867
Italianate
O. C. Ward lived here in 1881. He was a merchant and a for-
mer Cherryfield Tax Collector.

22 Uriah N. Small House

1840
Greek Revival
Small was a merchant. His nearby store (#46) was later used
as the post office.

23 Ricker Blacksmith Shop

Present Building 1946/47

Still equipped with everything a blacksmith needs, this build-
ing houses one of the earliest businesses in town. The time
honored tradition of blacksmithing is still done here on spe-
cial occasions.

24 (First) Amaziah Ricker House

1803
Federal
Ricker was the first blacksmith in the area and his shop was
in an adjacent building. At one time, the shop was on Main
Street where the Railroad Station (#58) now is located.

The Masonic Lodge was organized and met in this house.

25 George B. Ricker House
1835
Greek Revival
This house was thought to have been built for George B., s/o
Amaziah Ricker (# 24) . In 1861, Mrs. Mary Ricker, widow of
George Ricker, lived here.
In 1881, William Campbell Ricker, a nephew of George &
Mary, resided here. He carried on the family business of
blacksmithing. In 1900, William Lewis, the editor of The Nar-
raguagus Times, occupied this house.

26 Jacob T. Campbell House

1852
Italianate
One of 3 houses in the district that is still owned by the origi-
nal owner's family. The back ell dates to ca. 1810. The fami-
ly lived there while the front part of the house was being
built. It has a granite and fieldstone foundation.

27 Edmund Nugent / Peter Smith House

1870
Vernacular Greek Revival.
Edmund Nugent came to town from Quebec in 1831 and
lived here until 1861. He served as a Baptist Minister in sev-
eral Maine towns (Phineas Bond, another Baptist Minister,
lived here in 1870). By 1881 local merchant Peter Smith had
acquired this property and lived here (his store is #18 on the
tour). The last known Cherryfield Apple, aka the Collins Ap-
ple Tree was on this property.

28 Frank C. Schoppe House

1900
Vernacular Italianate
Schoppe was listed in the Maine Register as a lumberman.
 A Brief History of Cherryfield, Maine

The historic Village of Cherryfield was settled in 1757 by Ichabod Willey

soon followed my Samuel Colson and John Dinsmore. Samuel Colson
built his home on the hill above what is now Wyman’s of Maine. John
Dinsmore settled in what became North Milbridge. Ichabod cleared
land and built a log cabin on what is Willey Hill. It appears that he then
returned to New Hampshire for a short time before moving his family
here to take up residence.

In 1772/73, Alexander Campbell, the father of the lumber industry in

Cherryfield, moved from Tunk Stream near the village of Steuben to
Narraguagus where he built his home and mill on the Narraguagus Riv-
er. Narraguagus was a part of Steuben until 1826. Gen. Campbell built
his new home in 1790 on Campbell’s Hill. The house is still there and
although is has gone through changes from one generation to the next,
it always has remained in the family.
Narraguagus (Steuben) petitioned the State of Maine to be annexed to
Cherryfield. The state agreed, and it became part of Cherryfield on Feb-
ruary 6, 1826 ten years after the incorporation of the town. This nearly
doubled the size of Cherryfield.

At one time, there were 9 dams on the Narraguagus with 1-3 mills on
each dam. Cherryfield was a bustling community in the late 1800’s with
a population of nearly 2000 residents in 1900. The industry was cen-
tered on the river. There were saw mills, a steam mill, grist mills, pants
factory, shipyards, and many stores and shops. There was also a dyna-
mo on the Forest Mill Dam generating power for the town. Cherryfield
had electric lights before the city of Portland! Cherryfield had one of the
largest concentrations of water powered mills in the State of Maine on
a one mile stretch of the Narraguagus River between the head of the
tide and Stillwater.
Cherryfield had many men participate in the Civil War. Co. G of the 6th
Me Inf. was made up of mostly Cherryfield men including Brig. Gen. Hi-
ram Burnham. Many men had never been more than a few miles from
where they were born. Suddenly they were shown a whole new part of
the country they had never seen before. After the war, some wanted a
fresh start and moved to the Great Lakes area to begin again. Between
all the men who never came home, and those that moved on to a new
life, it forever changed the character and innocence of an earlier time.

Cherryfield has gone through many rebirths in the last 100 years. It
went from a lumbering boom town to a more diversified economy.
Blueberries became king, and most people made their living by being
involved with blueberries in some way. Another big attraction was salm-
on fishing on the Narraguagus. In the 1950’s & 60’s, the Narraguagus
River was one of the finest salmon rivers in Maine. Fishermen came
from all over the country to try their luck catching salmon in the many
prime fishing locations on the river including Academy Pool and Cable
Pool. During the 1970’s & 1980’s cutting pulp wood for the state’s
paper mills was one of the leading industries.

Through it all, the townspeople have maintained the beautiful homes.

They line US Route 1 on Campbell’s Hill. To see more of these magnifi-
cent buildings, make a turn at the bottom of the hill and proceed up
Main Street (Rt. 193) to the Upper Corner Bridge. Cross over the
bridge, turn left onto River Road back to Route 1. You will encounter
more than two dozen stunning homes and historic buildings. The Cher-
ryfield Historic District which encompasses the southern end of town,
was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on October 1,
1990. Cherryfield has much to offer those who are interested in the his-
tory of the area.

Many people ask if we are the Blueberry Capital of the World, why is
the town called Cherryfield? The Native Americans referred to this area
as “fields of cherries” for the numerous cherry trees growing on the
banks of the river. They are a single stem, bright red cherry. There are
still some trees around the area. The early settlers started calling the
town Cherryfield long before it was incorporated on February 9, 1816.
29 James Campbell House
1860
Greek Revival/Italianate
Campbell was a carpenter and ship joiner. He was living here
from 1861 to at least 1881. In the early 1900's. Dr. Alonzo
Morelan lived here. There is still an electric buzzer and face-
plate that says "Doctor" beside the front door.

30 Otis Godfrey/Frank Patten House

1860
Greek Revival/Italianate
Godfrey was living here in 1860 He was a blacksmith and
ship smith. Patten, living here in 1870, was a merchant and
shoe manufacturer, and his store building still stands (#51).
It was later a boarding house called The Elms, run by Charles
Randall, the local Watkins man, and his wife.

31 Moses Coffin House

1860
Greek Revival/Italianate
Moses Coffin lived here in 1861, and until his death in
1888. He was a ship joiner and carpenter.

32 Joseph Strout House

1855
Greek Revival/Italianate
Joseph Strout was a master ship carpenter and stone mason
in Cherryfield from 1860 - 1900. Society co-founder, J. Phillip
Harriman, was born in this house.
33 Frank Campbell House
1875
Second Empire
One of architect Charles Allen's masterpieces, it is heavily
ornamented with a curving porch and a tower with a bell
cast mansard roof.
It was bought by James C. Milliken ca 1955 when his house
was torn down to make way for the expansion of US Route 1
as we know it today.

34 Albert Campbell House

1840
Late 19th Century Four Square Vernacular modification

Albert Campbell lived here in the 1940’s . Somewhere in the

1960’s, the top floor was taken off.

35 Pine Grove Cemetery

Incorporated 1852

The Civil War Monument is in the cemetery. Brigadier Gen-

eral Hiram Burnham is buried here along with over 100 Vet-
erans from the Civil War to the Gulf War. The earliest burial
was in 1833.

36 General Alexander Campbell House

1790
Federal
This is the oldest documented home in the village. Campbell
was the most prominent of Cherryfield’s early settlers. He
developed a substantial lumber business and was a Massa-
chusetts State Senator from 1791 to 1798. His descendants
still own the house.
37 (Second) Samuel N. Campbell House
1883
Queen Anne
A grandson of Gen. Alexander Campbell, Campbell was en-
gaged in the lumber business and was active in State politics.
Originally the third floor was an open ballroom.

38 Fred. S. Nickels House

1893/1894
Queen Anne Colonial Revival
This house was designed by Asaph Allen, the nephew of
Charles Allen. The Machias Republican reported in the Dec.
15th 1894 edition that the house was completed and occu-
pied by Frederick S. Nickels, a local dentist.

39 Albert G. Campbell House

1893/1894
Queen Anne
Asaph Allen supervised construction. It was completed at
same time as adjoining house (#38).

40 Charles A. Campbell House

1904
Colonial Revival
This beautiful house was built to replace earlier structure
(built in 1861) which burned in 1903. Campbell was a part-
ner in the manufacturing, ship building, and mercantile firm
of G.R. Campbell and Company.
41 Charles P. Nickels House
1870
Second Empire
Nickels, a general merchant and lumber manufacturer, re-
modeled this house in 1870 from the original dwelling noted
on the 1861 Washington County map.

42 (First) Samuel N. Campbell House

before 1861
Gothic/Greek Revival/Italianate
Campbell resided before moving to his new home (#37) in
1883. Campbell was a partner in the firm of G.R. Campbell
and Co. and president of the Cherryfield Silver Mining Com-
pany (organized in 1879).

43 Esquire Wm Freeman, Sr. House

1838
Greek Revival
Home to one of the town's earliest lawyers/businessmen.
Mr. Freeman was born in Portland and came to Cherryfield
in the late 1830’s to ply his trade and to manage lands he
inherited from his father Samuel Freeman of Portland.

44 Mrs. Lucy Nash / George Wakefield House

1820
Federal
Mrs. Lucy S. Nash was living here in 1840 through at least
1861. In 1881 George W. Wakefield resided here. He was a
machinist and a manufacturer of castings and machinery.
His foundry was located on the east side of Forest Mill Dam
(site of the dam is directly across from the historical society.
45 Wm Freeman, Sr. / Edward Wakefield House
1861
Transitional Greek Revival/Italianate
William Freeman, Sr. lived here in 1861 and by 1881 Edward
Wakefield was living here. Wakefield was in partnership
with his father (#44) in a casting and machinery manufactur-
ing business.

46 Uriah N. Small Store

1860
Vernacular Greek Revival/Gothic
Small was a local merchant. This store was later used as the
town post office until 1990.

47 Burnham Tavern/Old Hotel

1840
Alternations were made in the early 1920’s.
Once the site of the town's hotel, then a car dealership, it is
now K&R Automotive Repair. The Narraguagus Times was
housed in the bottom floor of the back ell in the late 1800's
and early 1900's. The 2nd floor of the ell was used by GAR
Hiram Burnham Post #50 as a meeting place.

48 Jeremiah O. Nickels Store

1830
Greek Revival
This, the oldest of Cherryfield’s historic commercial build-
ings, was constructed for J. O. Nickels and Son, a lumber and
general mercantile business.
It was later acquired by A. Campbell and Co. and linked to
their adjacent store (#49).
49 A. Campbell and Company Store
1865
Italianate
This business was established by Alexander Campbell (1806-
1888). He was a grandson of Gen. Campbell (#36). Gleason
R. Campbell took over the business from his father renaming
it G.R. Campbell & Co. Hay scales set on the north side of the
ell for public use. It is now home to 4 Main Street Antiques

50 Silsby Block
1895
Queen Anne
It was built for Dr. E.B. Silsby for use as an office and drug
store. In 1916, it became the 1st branch bank for Union Trust
(Camden National) bank. It was used as an antique store and
gallery, and now is a private residence.

51 Frank W. Patten Store

1865
Italianate
Used for various commercial enterprises and considered the
most elaborately detailed of Cherryfield's surviving commer-
cial buildings. Formerly home to the local historical society,
it is now the Cherryfield General Store.

52 Arthur L. Stewart House

1850 & 1891
Second Empire front block and earlier ell.
Freeman Jackson, stagecoach driver, lived here in the 1850's.
Arthur L. Stewart lived here from the 1860's and was among
Cherryfield’s leading businessmen. His enterprises included
general mercantile, stove and tin ware manufacturing.
He is believed to have been the first commercial canner of
wild Maine blueberries. He remodeled the home in the
1890's from a Federal style by adding the mansard roof and
the bay windows.
53 John W. Coffin House
1860
Italianate
Coffin was a long time Cherryfield merchant and lumber
manufacturer. He was living here by 1861 and through
1881. The Historical Society has many of the store ledgers
from his business.

54 Sturgis Family House

1840
Greek Revival
Ambrose H. Sturgis lived here in 1850 , and in 1881 was the
operator of a livery stable. He and his son Charles, a
bookkeeper, lived here in 1881.

55 Shaw/Freeman Store
1860
Vernacular Greek Revival
In 1861 this store belonged to Robert G. Shaw and William
Freeman, Jr. By 1870 it doubled as the home of James A.
Small and the post office. He was postmaster and a tele-
graph operator, retiring after 1881. Later it was the office of
Dr. C.J. Milliken.

56 Alexander Gleason House

1850
Vernacular Greek Revival
Alexander Gleason was living here with his family in 1850.
His widow, Mary, was still here in 1861. At that time part of
it was used as the post office. It was the office of the Ameri-
can Peat Company in the 1930's and 40's and used as the
library from the 1950's to the early 1970's.
57 Smith Inman House
1881-1884
Vernacular Italianate
Smith Inman was a dentist, and this building served as his
office and home. It was used an inn and later Grant’s Store.

58 Cherryfield Railroad Station

1898
Washington County Railroad Commercial Building.
Purchased for $1.00 by the Cherryfield Narraguagus Histori-
cal Society in 1985 , it was moved 1/2 mile south from the
original site.
It one of the last stations left in Washington County.

59 David W. Campbell House

1828
Italianate
Constructed by house wright Campbell for his family resi-
dence. This house has a flat board front which has been cov-
ered by siding.

60 (Second) Amaziah Ricker House

1880
Italianate
Another house built by Charles A. Allen. This one was for
Amaziah Ricker’s grandson (also named Amaziah) who was a
blacksmith with the family business.
61 Charles A. Allen House
1875
Italianate
Allen’s obituary identified him as a house carpenter who
“...in his time had built some of the best residences in
town...a designer who understood the rules of architec-
ture.”. His documented work in the district includes build-
ings # 10, 33, 37, 60 and his own residence.
He also remodeled house # 7, 36, and 52. Stylistic character-
istics strongly suggest his involvement in house #41 as well.
With C. D. Small, Allen established a steam powered mill ad-
jacent to Allen’s carpentry shop in which they made doors,
blinds and sashes.

62 Stillman Smith House

ca 1880
Italianate
Stillman Smith died as a young man. His widow Rose lived
here until about 1918.

63 J.C. Strout House

ca. 1885
Colonial Revival

A J.C. Strout lived here in 1903. Later Daniel Riley resided

here. It has been beautifully restored by the present owner.

64 James Sproul House

ca. 1870
Greek Revival
This house originally set back and between the Baptist
Church and where the bandstand is today. It was moved to
Church Street by Curtis Grant ca 1900.
65 Cherryfield Baptist Church
1905
It was built to replace an earlier structure lost to fire. Twelve
beautiful stained glass windows grace the walls of the sanc-
tuary given in memory of the early church members by their
descendants. It has hardwood floors and decorative tin on
the walls and ceiling. Much of the original furniture was
saved and is still in use today.

66 Arthur R. Nash Home

before 1860
Italianate
Arthur Nash was living here by 1860. He was a druggist
& shoemaker. He died in 1885, and the house was then
lived in by his son-in-law Sumner Hutchinson.

67 Cherryfield Academy Building

1850
Greek Revival
Cherryfield Academy was chartered in 1829. The Union
School District was formed in 1850 to fund construction of
this building. It served as school until 1968 and was used
through 1992 as town office and library. It is now a commu-
nity center.

68 Henry L. Nash House

1854
Colonial
Henry Nash was the son of William B. Nash (#69). He was a
shoemaker. The house later went to his son Edward S. Nash.
69 William B. Nash House
1795
Cape/Saltbox
Six fireplaces and wide pine floors exemplify the area's earli-
est architectural features. Nash, a tanner, shoemaker and
lumber manufacturer was one of Cherryfield's leading busi-
nessmen.

70 Old Cemetery
Est. 1807

This is the earliest town cemetery. It was voted in town

meeting in 1807 to procure a piece of land to be a town buri-
al place. The earliest graves date from 1810/1811. Many of
the earliest families are buried here.

71 Grammar School
1899
Victorian
School opened Jan 1, 1900. It was used until the early
1950’s. It is now privately owned.

72 Joseph C. Lewis House

ca. 1850
Italianate
Joseph was living here by 1861. He was a trader and a lum-
berman. In 1881 his nephew Everett Lewis lived here. Ever-
ett was a joiner by trade.
73 Adams / Freeman House
Ca 1790
Cape
Said to have been built in the 1790's and local tradition
states the first town meeting was held here. Mrs. Charles
(Susan) Hall lived here in 1861. J.A. Campbell lived here in
1881. His daughter, Dorothy, married George Freeman.

74 Samuel Ray House

1843
Italianate
Samuel Ray was living here by 1876 and probably before
that. He was a lumberman, and one of the owners of the
braque Belgrade which sailed for the California gold mines in
1849.

75 Charles E. Tucker House

ca. 1900

The Tucker family lived here through the 1960's. Charles

worked for many years for Standard Oil Co. The family was
in the oil delivery business for 3 generations.

76 Joseph T. Adams House

ca. 1830
Cape
This house represents one of the most traditional architec-
tural styles in town--typical for the earliest settlers. Joseph
Adams lived here in 1850. His widow, Mary L. (Upton) Ad-
ams lived here until 1902 when she died at the age of 80.
77 Archibald / Adams House
1793
Federal
Considered to be the second oldest house in the village. It
was built by Thomas Archibald a native of Nova Scotia. His
daughter Elizabeth married Col. Joseph Adams. It is now op-
erated as The Englishman's B&B.

78 Alvin N. Webb House

ca. 1795
Federal
Alvin was know to all as Fin Webb. His younger brother
couldn't say Alvin and called him "Fin" -- it stuck.

79 Coffin / Small / Mathews Store

before 1860
Italianate
John W. Coffin had a store here in 1861, and A. Small was
here in 1881. A.M. Mathews opened his store here in 1891,
and it remains in the Mathews family as a store today.

80 Winfield S. Davis Store

ca. 1870
Italianate
Winfield Davis sold the store to his nephew Alvin “Fin”
Webb, who ran it for many years (see #79). It has been a
lunch counter, gas station, and now is a commercial
property.
 Gone but not forgotten…

Top to bottom: Covered Bridge( torn down 1936) H.H. Bowles House
(burned 1962) Cherryfield House (burned 1903) Church Block (torn down
in 1950’s)