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Calvin Ryder
Calvin Ryder (1810–1890) was an American architect who practiced in Maine and Massachusetts. A number of his surviving buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Life and career Ryder was born in Orrington, Maine, but by 1831 was residing in nearby Bangor, Maine with his brother Perry, a plane-maker. Within two years he had relocated a few miles down the Penobscot River to Winterport, Maine (then part of Frankfort), where he received his first known commission, the Winterport Congregational Church (1833). Ryder was likely the builder as well as the architect for this and other early commissions. In the early 1840s Ryder designed and built at least four Greek Revival houses in the port of Belfast, Maine, just south of Winterport: the Sherburne Sleeper House (1840), Hiram Alden House (1840), James P. White House (1842), and Joseph Williamson House (1844–45). The White House, the only one to remain entirely unaltered, has since become a famous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orrington, Maine
Orrington is a town on the Penobscot River estuary in Penobscot County, Maine, Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,812 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Orrington was originally part of Condustiegg or Kenduskeag Plantation, which also included the present-day cities of Bangor, Maine, Bangor and Brewer, Maine, Brewer. Orrington was incorporated as a town in 1788 with its major village at Brewer, then called "New Worcester". Bangor incorporated three years later in 1791. Brewer broke away from Orrington in 1812 to form a separate town. The name "Orrington" reportedly resulted from a spelling mistake. The settlers intended to name it "Orangetown" after Orangetown, Maryland, but it was written on the record-books in distant Massachusetts, of which Maine was then a territory, as "Orrington". "Orring" was a reasonable phonetic rendering of "orange" before the standardization of English spelling. For much of its town history Orrington was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
