The Col. Samuel Campbell House is a historic house on United States Route 1 in the village center of

Cherryfield, Maine Cherryfield is a New England town, town in Washington County, Maine, Washington County, Maine, United States on the Narraguagus River. It was named for the wild Cherry, cherries that once peppered the banks of the river. The town population was 1,1 ...

. Built in 1883, it is one of the finest examples of Queen Anne Victorian architecture in eastern Maine. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and is a contributing element of the 1990

Cherryfield Historic District The Cherryfield Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Cherryfield, Maine, Cherryfield, Maine. This area is distinctive for its collection of high-quality 19th century architecture, which is unique in rural contexts in the ...

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The Samuel Campbell House is located on the north side of US 1, on the eastern side of Cherryfield village, just west of the

Gen. Alexander Campbell House The Gen. Alexander Campbell House is a historic house on United States Route 1 in Cherryfield, Maine. Built in 1790, the originally Federal-style house underwent a number of alterations in 19th century, and now has a somewhat Victorian appeara ...

and northeast of the

Frank Campbell House The Frank Campbell House is a historic house on United States Route 1 in Cherryfield, Maine, USA. Built in 1875 to a design by regionally known architect Charles A. Allen, it is well-preserved expression of Second Empire architecture, and one ...

. It is a large and rambling -story wood-frame structure, with a richly decorated and varied exterior typical of the Queen Anne period. The front facade faces south, and has a single-story porch extending across its full width, supported by grouped turned columns, with brackets and a turned balustrade. The entry stairs are set under a projecting gable section. A broad polygonal bay rises two stories to the left of the entrance, topped by a projecting pedimented gable. An ell extends the house to the north, joining it to a period carriage house with ventilated cupola. The house was built in 1883 for Col. Samuel Campbell, the grandson of General Alexander Campbell whose house stands adjacent. Campbell continued his ancestor's history of economic and civic leadership in the community, operating lumber businesses in the

Narraguagus River The Narraguagus River is a river located in the U.S. state of Maine with its mouth in the Narraguagus Bay of the Gulf of Maine. It flows through the town of Cherryfield, Maine, Cherryfield and was formerly well known for its sport fly fishing for ...

valley, and serving on the Governor's Council from 1880 to 1882. The house modified in 1889 with the addition of bay windows designed by local architect Charles A. Allen, who designed a number of Cherryfield's high-style houses.

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