National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine facts for kids

Location of Knox County in Maine.

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.

There are 96 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county; 10 of the properties are National Historic Landmarks. One property was once listed, but has since been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

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Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Ebenezer Alden House		April 28, 1975 (#75000100)	Off State Route 131 44°12′44″N 69°16′03″W	Union
2	Allen's Island		December 15, 1983 (#83003646)	In Muscongus Bay 43°52′16″N 69°18′42″W	St. George
3	American Boathouse		February 19, 1982 (#82000761)	Atlantic Ave. 44°12′40″N 69°03′48″W	Camden
4	American Eagle (schooner)		December 4, 1991 (#91002064)	Rockland Harbor 44°06′32″N 69°06′32″W	Rockland	National Historic Landmark
5	Joe Amesbury Place		March 11, 1982 (#82000760)	Address Restricted	North Haven
6	Beechnut Hut Historic District		July 10, 2003 (#03000617)	316 Beech Hill Rd. 44°10′07″N 69°06′15″W	Rockport
7	Bortz-Lewis Site		March 11, 1982 (#82000762)	Address Restricted	North Haven
8	Browns Head Light Station		January 27, 1983 (#83000460)	Browns Head 44°06′42″N 68°54′35″W	Vinalhaven
9	Bull Rock		March 11, 1982 (#82000763)	Address Restricted	North Haven
10	Benjamin Burton Garrison Site		September 9, 1983 (#83000461)	Address Restricted	Cushing
11	Cabot I Site		March 11, 1982 (#82000764)	Address Restricted	North Haven
12	Camden Great Fire Historic District		January 9, 2007 (#06001221)	Elm and Main Sts. 44°12′35″N 69°03′57″W	Camden
13	Camden Opera House Block		December 29, 1986 (#86003539)	Off U.S. Route 1 44°12′32″N 69°04′01″W	Camden
14	Camden Amphitheater and Public Library		February 27, 2013 (#13000285)	55 Main St. 44°12′41″N 69°03′51″W	Camden
15	Camden Yacht Club		January 11, 1980 (#80000378)	Bay View St. 44°12′26″N 69°03′43″W	Camden
16	Chestnut Street Historic District		March 22, 1991 (#91000325)	Chestnut St. from Elm to Beacon Ave., including parts of Penobscot, Pleasant and Wood Sts., and Dillingham Pt. 44°12′13″N 69°03′43″W	Camden
17	The Common		November 7, 2007 (#07001151)	Between Common and Burkett Rds. 44°12′41″N 69°16′30″W	Union
18	Conway House		December 23, 1969 (#69000010)	Conway Rd. 44°12′01″N 69°04′52″W	Camden
19	Crocker Site		March 11, 1982 (#82000765)	Address Restricted	North Haven
20	Curtis Island Light		May 17, 1973 (#73000263)	3.8 miles from Camden Harbor in Penobscot Bay 44°12′07″N 69°03′03″W	Camden
21	Farnsworth Homestead		May 25, 1973 (#73000241)	21 Elm St. 44°06′11″N 69°06′39″W	Rockland
22	Finnish Congregational Church and Parsonage		June 24, 1994 (#94000639)	Eastern side of State Route 131, 0.9 miles south of its junction with U.S. Route 1 44°04′18″N 69°09′43″W	South Thomaston
23	Gaunt Neck Site Complex		December 28, 2005 (#05001467)	Address Restricted 43°58′59″N 69°18′20″W	Cushing
24	Georges River Canal		March 5, 1970 (#70000048)	Upper Falls of the Georges River in Warren to the Union town line, extending to Quantabacook Pond in Searsmont 44°15′N 69°15′W	Appleton, Union, and Warren
25	Goose Rocks Light Station		January 21, 1988 (#87002267)	East Entrance to the Fox Islands Thorofare 44°08′07″N 68°49′52″W	North Haven
26	Grace Bailey (two-masted schooner)		October 1, 1990 (#90001466)	Camden Harbor 44°12′36″N 69°03′50″W	Camden	National Historic Landmark
27	Gooden Grant House		December 18, 2013 (#13000926)	1 Head Harbor 44°01′27″N 68°37′07″W	Isle au Haut
28	Gushee Family House		October 8, 1998 (#98001235)	2868 Sennebec Rd. 44°17′13″N 69°14′54″W	Appleton
29	Heron Neck Light Station		January 21, 1988 (#87002266)	Heron Neck on Greens Island 44°01′31″N 68°51′45″W	Vinalhaven
30	High Street Historic District		January 5, 1989 (#88001843)	Roughly High St. between Main St. and Sherman Point Rd.; also the junction of Main St. and Atlantic Ave. 44°12′58″N 69°03′40″W	Camden	Main and Atlantic intersection represents a boundary increase September 24, 1999
31	Indian Island Light Station		March 23, 1988 (#87002539)	Indian Island in Rockport Harbor 44°09′55″N 69°03′42″W	Rockport
32	Isaac H. Evans (schooner)		December 4, 1991 (#91002061)	Rockland Harbor 44°06′32″N 69°06′32″W	Rockland	National Historic Landmark
33	Isle Au Haut Light Station		January 21, 1988 (#87002265)	Robinson Point 44°03′53″N 68°39′07″W	Isle Au Haut
34	J. & E. Riggin (schooner)		December 4, 1991 (#91002062)	Rockland Harbor 44°06′26″N 69°06′23″W	Rockland	National Historic Landmark
35	Thomas King Inscription		May 7, 1979 (#79000152)	Address Restricted	Cushing
36	Knox County Courthouse		April 18, 1977 (#77000075)	62 Union St. 44°06′14″N 69°06′43″W	Rockland
37	Land's End Historic District		September 8, 2011 (#11000633)	Marshall Point & Cottage Rds., Lentine & Land's End Lns. 43°55′16″N 69°15′19″W	Saint George
38	Lermond Mill		December 27, 1984 (#84000499)	Payson Rd. 44°12′51″N 69°13′28″W	Union
39	Lewis R. French (schooner)		December 4, 1991 (#82005263)	Camden Harbor 44°12′37″N 69°03′46″W	Camden	National Historic Landmark
40	Main Street Historic District		June 7, 1978 (#78000182)	Main St. from Limerock to Winter Sts.; also 428-497 Main St. 44°06′14″N 69°06′34″W	Rockland	Second set of addresses represents a boundary increase, listed January 4, 2012
41	Marshall Point Light Station		March 23, 1988 (#87002262)	Marshall Point in Port Clyde Harbor 43°55′02″N 69°15′42″W	Port Clyde
42	Matinicus Rock Light Station		March 14, 1988 (#88000149)	Matinicus Rock 43°47′06″N 68°51′16″W	Matinicus Isle
43	Joseph and Hannah Maxcy Homestead		July 28, 2004 (#04000743)	630 S. Union Rd. 44°11′47″N 69°15′50″W	Union
44	Megunticook Golf Club		July 22, 1993 (#93000636)	212 Calderwood Ln. 44°11′03″N 69°03′49″W	Rockport	Misspelled "Mequnticook" in the National Register listing.
45	Mercantile (schooner)		October 1, 1990 (#82005265)	Camden Harbor 44°12′38″N 69°03′46″W	Camden	Designated a National Historic Landmark on December 4, 1991
46	Mosquito Island House		September 29, 1983 (#83000462)	South of St. George on Mosquito Island 43°55′21″N 69°13′22″W	St. George
47	Mullen's Cove		March 30, 1984 (#84001382)	Address Restricted	North Haven
48	Murch Family House		March 25, 1993 (#93000205)	Southeastern side of Calderwood Neck, 2 miles northeast of North Haven Rd. 44°06′00″N 68°49′05″W	Vinalhaven
49	Norumbega		July 12, 1974 (#74000174)	High St. 44°13′04″N 69°03′26″W	Camden
50	Norumbega Carriage House		February 19, 1982 (#82000766)	High St. 44°13′00″N 69°03′25″W	Camden
51	Olson House		August 31, 1995 (#93001114)	Eastern side of Hathorn Point Rd. 43°58′54″N 69°16′09″W	South Cushing vicinity	Andrew Wyeth spent 30 summers at the house and is buried on the grounds. National Historic Landmark designation June 23, 2011.
52	Owls Head Light Station		January 18, 1978 (#78000183)	Northeast of Owls Head on W. Penobscot Bay 44°05′30″N 69°02′41″W	Owls Head
53	Pleasant River Grange No. 492		October 8, 1999 (#99001190)	Round Island Rd., 0.15 miles east of its junction with N. Haven Rd. 44°04′33″N 68°50′20″W	Vinalhaven
54	Rankin Block		November 7, 1978 (#78000184)	600-610 Main St. 44°06′32″N 69°06′38″W	Rockland
55	Rockland Breakwater		April 11, 2003 (#03000203)	South of Jameson Point 44°06′14″N 69°04′41″W	Rockland
56	Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse		March 20, 1981 (#81000067)	Rockland Harbor 44°06′14″N 69°04′40″W	Rockland
57	Rockland Public Library		July 10, 1979 (#79000153)	Union St. 44°06′19″N 69°06′45″W	Rockland
58	Rockland Railroad Station		February 7, 1978 (#78000327)	Union St. 44°06′03″N 69°06′41″W	Rockland
59	Rockland Residential Historic District		April 15, 1987 (#86003513)	Roughly bounded by Granite, Union, Masonic, Broad, Limerock, and Broadway Sts. 44°06′18″N 69°06′53″W	Rockland
60	Rockland Turntable and Engine House		June 24, 1993 (#90001953)	Park St. west of the Rockland railroad station 44°06′04″N 69°07′23″W	Rockland
61	Rockport Historic District		May 28, 1976 (#76000099)	Irregular pattern along Pascal Ave. from Russell, Union, and Winter Sts. on the north to School St. on the south 44°11′08″N 69°04′28″W	Rockport
62	Rockport Historic Kiln Area		January 26, 1970 (#70000090)	On the western side of the mouth of the Goose River at its confluence with Rockport Harbor 44°11′11″N 69°04′27″W	Rockport
63	Saddleback Ledge Light Station		March 14, 1988 (#88000158)	Saddleback Ledge at Isle Au Haut Bay 44°00′51″N 68°43′36″W	Vinalhaven
64	Sail Loft		October 28, 1977 (#77000076)	Off State Route 131 43°57′55″N 69°12′36″W	Tenants Harbor
65	Security Trust Building		January 20, 1978 (#78000185)	Elm and Main Sts. 44°06′13″N 69°06′35″W	Rockland
66	Spite House		August 13, 1974 (#74000175)	Deadman's Point 44°10′31″N 69°03′18″W	Rockport
67	Star of Hope Lodge		February 19, 1982 (#82000767)	Maine St. 44°02′52″N 68°49′59″W	Vinalhaven
68	Stephen Taber (schooner)		July 30, 1984 (#84001386)	Rockland Harbor 44°06′20″N 69°06′27″W	Rockland	National Historic Landmark
69	Strand Theatre		December 2, 2004 (#04001284)	345 Main St. 44°06′10″N 69°06′33″W	Rockland
70	Surprise (schooner)		June 14, 1991 (#91000771)	Camden Harbor 44°12′38″N 69°03′48″W	Camden
71	Tenants Harbor Light Station		November 20, 1987 (#87002026)	Southern Island 43°57′43″N 69°11′18″W	Tenants Harbor
72	Thomaston Historic District		May 2, 1974 (#74000176)	Runs through Blue Star Memorial Highway between Wadsworth St. and State Route 131 44°04′38″N 69°10′54″W	Thomaston
73	George Thorndike House		January 11, 1983 (#83000463)	State Route 73 44°03′21″N 69°07′23″W	South Thomaston
74	Tillson Farm Barn		December 18, 1990 (#90001902)	Warrenton Rd. southeast of its junction with Commercial St. 44°07′49″N 69°05′23″W	Glen Cove
75	Gen. Davis Tillson House		January 11, 1983 (#83000464)	157 Talbot Ave. 44°06′34″N 69°07′19″W	Rockland
76	Turner Farm II		March 11, 1982 (#82000768)	Address Restricted	North Haven
77	Turner Farm Site		March 26, 1976 (#76000100)	Address Restricted	North Haven
78	Union Church of Vinalhaven		July 19, 1984 (#84001388)	E. Main St. 44°02′54″N 68°49′52″W	Vinalhaven
79	Union Meeting House (Appleton)		October 8, 2014 (#14000836)	2875 Sennebec Rd. 44°17′15″N 69°14′51″W	Appleton
80	Union Town House (Former)		December 31, 2001 (#01001419)	128 Town House Rd. 44°12′47″N 69°16′30″W	Union
81	US Post Office-Camden Main		September 25, 1986 (#86002960)	Chestnut St. 44°12′31″N 69°03′53″W	Camden
82	Victory Chimes (Schooner)		June 24, 1996 (#93000637)	North End Shipyard, Rockland Harbor 44°06′41″N 69°06′14″W	Rockland	National Historic Landmark
83	The Vinalhaven Galamander		July 1, 1970 (#70000049)	Bandstand Park 44°02′53″N 68°49′53″W	Vinalhaven
84	Vinalhaven Public Library		January 5, 1989 (#88003014)	Carver St. 44°02′55″N 68°49′55″W	Vinalhaven
85	Moses Webster House		April 1, 1998 (#98000309)	Atlantic Ave., 0.05 miles east of the junction of Main St. and Atlantic Ave. 44°02′51″N 68°49′53″W	Vinalhaven
86	Wharf House		October 16, 1991 (#91001508)	Southeast of the junction of Main and Smith Sts. 44°07′37″N 68°52′16″W	North Haven
87	Whitehead Lifesaving Station		October 12, 1988 (#88001839)	Southern side of Whitehead Island 43°58′43″N 69°07′57″W	Sprucehead
88	Whitehead Light Station		March 14, 1988 (#88000154)	Eastern side of Whitehead Island 43°58′47″N 69°07′30″W	Tenants Harbor
89	Whitney Farm		March 17, 2015 (#15000087)	215 Whitney Rd. 44°19′44″N 69°13′50″W	Appleton	Extends into Searsmont in Waldo County
90	Timothy and Jane Williams House		December 21, 2005 (#05001441)	34 Old County Rd. 44°06′09″N 69°08′34″W	Rockland

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Knott Crockett House		October 14, 1993 (#93001112)	July 14, 2015	750 Main St. 44°06′43″N 69°06′26″W	Rockland