Thomas Goodall House facts for kids
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Thomas Goodall House
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Postcard view, 1910
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 Location in Maine
Location in the United States
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| Location | near 938 Main St., Sanford, Maine |
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| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1871 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000207 |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1975 |
The Thomas Goodall House is a special old house in Sanford, Maine. It was built in 1871 for Thomas Goodall. He owned the Goodall Mill, which was a very important business back then.
This house shows off two cool styles of architecture. It has some original details from the Second Empire style. Later, Thomas Goodall's son, Eugene, changed parts of it to the Colonial Revival style. The house became a protected historic place in 1975.
Explore the Thomas Goodall House
The Goodall House stands on the east side of Main Street. This is also Maine State Route 109. It is just a short distance from the center of Sanford. You can find it north of the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library.
What Does the House Look Like?
The main part of the house is shaped like a square. It has two floors. The roof is a special kind called a mansard roof. On top of the roof, there is a small square tower called a cupola.
A porch wraps around three sides of the house. It even extends to cover a driveway where cars could drop people off. This covered area is called a porte-cochere. The porch has round columns that are grouped together. It also has fancy railings both below and above. There is a glassed-in porch on the second floor, right above the main entrance. The windows in the mansard roof have rounded tops. They used to have more detailed wooden decorations, but these were removed.
Who Was Thomas Goodall?
Thomas Goodall was an Englishman. He built this house in 1871. He became very successful in the textile business in America. He owned the Goodall Mill in Sanford.
When the house was built, the mill was not very big. But by the early 1900s, it grew a lot. It became the biggest employer in the area. About 1,000 people worked there!
The house first had many detailed Second Empire features. These included windows that stuck out and a fancy entrance porch. Thomas Goodall's son, Eugene, became the next owner. He removed many of these original parts. He replaced them with the Colonial Revival style you see today.
