The Connors House (also known as a Former Home for Aged Women) is a historic house at 277 State Street in
Bangor, Maine
Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
Modern Bangor ...
. Built about 1866–67, it is a fine example of the "Bangor style" of Second Empire architecture, notable as the last known work of architect
Benjamin S. Deane
Benjamin S. Deane (1790–1867) was an American master builder and architect in practice in Bangor, Maine from circa 1832 to 1867.Deborah Thompson, ''Bangor, Maine, 1769-1914: An Architectural History'' (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1988)
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, and as the home of Edward Connors, operator of Bangor's log boom and the city's wealthiest Irish-American. The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on October 6, 1983;
it now houses professional offices.
Description and history
The house is located east of Bangor's central business district at the southwest corner of State Street (
United States Route 2
U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, whi ...
) and Birch Street. It is a rambling three-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof that has a flared eave, and matchboard siding treated to resemble stone. At the center of the north-facing front is a broad bellcast dormer, emulating the curve of the mansard roof flare. The eaves are bracketed and dentillated, and windows are topped by bracketed cornices. The front entrance is sheltered by an elaborately decorated porch.
It was built about 1866-67 for Edward Connors, an Irishman who apparently inherited a fortune through his wife, and was the owner and operator of Bangor's
log boom, a critical element of the town's booming lumber-based economy of the time. The house was designed by local architect
Benjamin S. Deane
Benjamin S. Deane (1790–1867) was an American master builder and architect in practice in Bangor, Maine from circa 1832 to 1867.Deborah Thompson, ''Bangor, Maine, 1769-1914: An Architectural History'' (Orono: University of Maine Press, 1988)
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, and is his last known work. The house is stylistically of a type known as the "Bangor style", and is the only one of the type in the city whose architect is known. The house served for many years as Bangor's Home for Aged Women, resulting in a number of additions, generally sympathetic in style to the original house.
[ The house now houses professional offices.
]
See also
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Houses completed in 1866
Houses in Bangor, Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Bangor, Maine
Second Empire architecture in Maine