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306:. Black arrived in Eastport in February 1887, and was apparently the only architect directly involved in the rebuilding effort. Buildings typifying his work include the Eastport Savings Bank at 41 Water Street, and the Ferris & Son building at 4 Boynton Street, both Italianate in style, one in brick and the other in wood. Other architect-designed buildings in the district include the Peavey Memorial Library (1893, Rotch and Tilden), and the Frontier National Bank at 30 Water Street (1882, Charles Kimball). Most of the district's buildings are brick Italianate structures, although some are wooden, and the library is Romanesque in style. The 2016 enlargement added the former Seacoast Canning Company plant at 15 Sea Street; it was built in 1908 for what was at the time the world's largest sardine cannery company. 62: 871: 104: 79: 294: 882: 111: 86: 290:. In the mid-19th century, Eastport served as a major regional commercial center, and developed a significant sardine-packing industry in the 1870s. On October 14, 1886, a fire devastated the city center, destroying its central business district and its commercial wharves. In the following year, the city rebuilt its downtown. 301:
The rebuilt area extends along Water Street, the city's east-facing waterfront area, between Sullivan and Key Streets. There are 26 buildings that were built in 1887, with two more added by 1893, and one in 1928–29. Fourteen of the 1887 buildings were designed (or have been attributed to) Henry
760: 266:. Set on a five-block stretch of Water Street, this area was almost completely redeveloped after a major fire in 1886, and many of its buildings are the work of a single architect, Henry Black. The district was listed on the 855: 791: 775: 921: 765: 926: 315: 850: 796: 437: 817: 719: 750: 684: 649: 724: 629: 589: 414: 689: 679: 674: 654: 770: 604: 519: 639: 634: 509: 729: 694: 599: 574: 714: 664: 644: 619: 609: 594: 584: 569: 549: 524: 514: 504: 734: 709: 614: 554: 534: 529: 499: 489: 386:
Mitchell, Christi (2016). NRHP nomination for Eastport Historic District (Boundary Increase); available by request from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Eastport Historic District is located in Maine
Eastport Historic District is located in the United States
Eastport, Maine
44°54′15″N 66°59′4″W / 44.90417°N 66.98444°W / 44.90417; -66.98444
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Eastport, Maine
National Register of Historic Places
Moose Island
New Brunswick
Passamaquoddy Bay

Saint John, New Brunswick
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine


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