![]() ĩ0 Main Street, built in 1875, was Barbour's hardware store later Goffs hardware (1969–2015). Īcross the street, the brick building at 85 Main Street currently occupied by Svetlana was erected around 1848. (owned by William Richards), established in 1864 in the 1960s, Vining's delicatessen and, beside it to the west, George Soule's ice cream shop and pool hall. In the building at 82–84 Main Street was W. ħ3 Main Street, the left elevation of which faces the street, was once the home of Jacob G. The home has six bedrooms, five bathrooms, and sits on 1.6 acres. ħ6 Main Street, set back from the road, adjacent to Torrey Court, was built in 1792. Next door, number 63, was built around 36 years later, in 1849. īack on the northern side of the street, number 57 was built around 1813. 2 at the Main Street and Marina Road split (formerly known as Staples Hill), was built for the fire department around 1889. ![]() ĥ0 Main Street, the three-story old Hose No. Rowe also designed The Gothic House in Portland. Henry Rowe (1812–1870) was the architect of the pink Gothic Revival house at 49 Main Street, which was built in 1845. Nicholas Grant built the main building of the since-expanded Greek Revival house at 37 Main Street, on the hill down to the harbor, around 1844. Samuel Kinney lived at number 148 around 1813. Just beyond the junction with Willow Street stands number 129, which was built by Madison Northey around 1865. Next door, number 112, was built by Jacob Jones around 1818. Around twenty years later it became Asa Bisbee's blacksmith shop. Ĭlose to the East Main and Spring Street split, number 96 was likely built by Samuel Buxton and later occupied by Nathaniel True. It has also served as a tavern, a general store and, between 19, a girls’ school. Number 68, at the corner of East Main and Yankee Drive, was built in 1780 by Peter Weare, a sawmill and gristmill owner. Next door, at 64 East Main, is a home built by Augustus True in 1865. It was also associated with Albion Seabury. Number 56 was built, likely by clockmaker Lebbeus Bailey, in 1792. It operated as the main building of the Royal River Cabins until the 1940s. ĥ1 East Main Street was built in 1810 and was once the home of William Stockbridge, a prominent merchant, ship owner and town treasurer. As of 2018, the nine-over-six windows, entry door and surround, trim and siding are all original. Number 49 was moved here in 1817 by Major Daniel Mitchell and later expanded by Daniel L. David Jones and David Pratt, one of Yarmouth's earliest shipbuilders. Directly opposite, number 43 was originally owned by Jonathan True in 1780, a clothier who owned a store at Lower Falls. ģ8 East Main Street was built by shipbuilder Albion Seabury in 1844. Shipbuilder Jeremiah Baker lived here between 1857 and around 1871. ![]() Its brick basement was once used as a store. General Lafayette once stayed hereĮast Main Street (which joins State Route 88 at the foot of the hill) crosses the bridge at the First Falls and has been a route to the northeastern part of Yarmouth (and into Freeport) since the founding of the town.ģ5 East Main Street was built in 1848. The three-story 51 East Main Street, built in 1810. The annual Yarmouth Clam Festival attracts around 120,000 people (around fourteen times its population) over the course of the three-day weekend and is centered on Main Street. Between Lower Falls and Upper Village, Main Street is about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) long and sits about 90 feet (27 m) above sea level. Its western end is a merging with Walnut Hill Road in North Yarmouth, at which point SR 115 continues west.Īt Elm Street, Main Street continues as West Main Street into North Yarmouth, and as East Main Street from Lower Falls to Granite Street, two miles (3.2 km) to the north. It is part of the 18-mile-long (29 km) State Route 115 (SR 115), the eastern terminus of which is in Yarmouth at the intersection of Marina Road and Lafayette Street ( SR 88), at the town's harbor (Lower Falls) area. Main Street is a historic street in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Looking west from Main Street's intersection with Bridge Street during Yarmouth Clam Festival
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