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The Archibald-Adams House is a historic house at 122 Main Street (
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) in
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. Built about 1795, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings, with associations to two prominent local families. It is now the Englishmans Bed and Breakfast, and is listed on the
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Description and history

The Archibald-Adams House is set on the west side of Main Street (between it and the
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) a short way north of the village center of Cherryfield. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. A pair of brick chimneys rise from the interior of the house. The house has prominent facades facing both east, toward the road, and south, toward the village. Both of these facades are five bays wide, with a center entrance that has a distinctive surround. The south facade entry has flanking sidelight windows and pilasters, and is topped by a transom window and entablature, all in the Greek Revival style. The eastern entry has a simpler treatment, with no windows and an entablature with gabled pediment. The interior has retained much of its original late 19th-century woodwork and hardware. The house was built about 1795, probably by Thomas Archibald, who held a number of local civic offices between about 1790 and 1810. Archibald's daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Adams, who remarried into the locally prominent Campbell family after her untimely death in 1811. Adams was also prominent in civic affairs, serving as a justice of the peace, town selectman, and as a trustee of the Cherryfield Academy. The house remained in the Adams family for several generations.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maine, Un ...


References


External links


Englishman's Bed and Breakfast web site
{{National Register of Historic Places Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine Federal architecture in Maine Houses completed in 1795 Houses in Washington County, Maine Cherryfield, Maine National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maine