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The York Historic District encompasses the historic village center of York, Maine, one of the oldest communities in the state.The expansive 1,700-acre (690 ha) district includes the oldest church in Maine, built by its oldest congregation in 1747, and the Old York Gaol, a National Historic Landmark that is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States.
The McIntire Garrison House is a historic house on Cider Hill Road (Maine State Route 91) in York, Maine. Built c. 1707, it is an extremely rare well-preserved example of a New England colonial log garrison house, built by settlers for defense against Native American attacks. The house, possibly the oldest in the state, was designated a ...
The York Cliffs Historic District is located on Agamenticus Avenue in York, Maine.The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1984. It encompasses a collection of eight late Victorian summer mansions built as part of an exclusive development by the York Cliffs Company between 1890 and 1902, representing one of the finest such collections remaining on the ...
York is a town in York County, Maine, United States, near the southern tip of the state. The population in the 2020 census was 13,723. [3] Situated beside the Atlantic Ocean on the Gulf of Maine, York is a well-known summer resort town. It is home to three 18-hole golf clubs, four sandy beaches, and Mount Agamenticus.
Mount Agamenticus. Coordinates: 43°13′23″N 70°41′31″W. The mountain labeled Snadoun Hill in 1616. Mount Agamenticus is a 692 ft (211 m) high monadnock in the town of York, Maine. [1] The area surrounding the summit is a park reservation which provides habitat for wildlife and a venue for recreation. The greater Agamenticus region ...
York County, Maine. York County is both the southernmost and the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Maine, along the state of New Hampshire 's eastern border. It is divided from Strafford County, New Hampshire, by the Salmon Falls River and the connected tidal estuary, the Piscataqua River. York County was permanently established in 1639.
July 16, 1973. The Old Schoolhouse, also known as the York Corner Schoolhouse, is an historic one-room school building on the grounds of the Old York Historical Society at York and Lindsay Streets in York, Maine. Built in 1755, it is one of the oldest surviving schoolhouses in all of New England. It was listed on the National Register of ...
John Sedgley Homestead. / 43.16472°N 70.66722°W / 43.16472; -70.66722. The John Sedgley Homestead is a historic homestead property at Scituate and Chases Pond Road in the York Corner area of York, Maine. Its oldest structure built in the late First Period, probably c. 1715, it is the oldest homestead in the State of Maine that is ...