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The Mansion House (Robbinston, Maine)

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264:(now the Redclyffe Shore Motel), on a mostly-wooded parcel of more than 10 acres (4.0 ha). The house is a large two-story wood-frame structure, with a roughly square main section, from which a rectangular ell extends from its northern corner. The house is oriented with its main facade facing southeast, toward the river. That facade is five bays wide, with an open single-story piazza extending across the center three bays, supported by round columns, and steps descending to the ground across its width and sides. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a Federal style fanlight window, into which the date "1785" has been etched. The interior of the house retains elegant Federal period finishes, including two staircases, fireplace mantels, and wooden wainscoting, which on the ground floor consists of single planks of pine, 30 inches (76 cm) in width. 860: 93: 68: 51: 871: 100: 75: 749: 279:, who acquired the house in 1864 as a summer residence, was the son of a business partner of John Brewer's sun John N.M. Brewer. Pike, a journalist by trade, was notable as a prominent anti-slavery advocate on the pages of the 844: 780: 764: 754: 910: 314: 839: 785: 895: 426: 267:
The house was built in 1785 by John Brewer, a prominent local shipbuilder, who also served as the local postmaster. Brewer worked closely in business with partners across the river in
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The Mansion House stands between United States Route 1 and the
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The Mansion House (Robbinston, Maine) is located in Maine
The Mansion House (Robbinston, Maine) is located in the United States
Robbinston, Maine
45°5′10″N 67°6′43.5″W / 45.08611°N 67.112083°W / 45.08611; -67.112083
73000154
United States Route 1
Robbinston, Maine
War of 1812
James Shepherd Pike
American Civil War
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
National Register of Historic Places
St. Croix River
Henrietta Brewer House
New Brunswick
War of 1812
James Shepherd Pike
New York Tribune
American Civil War
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
Abraham Lincoln
Salmon P. Chase
Horace Greeley
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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