Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Machias
Burnham Tavern Museum
(1770), Main and Free Streets, Route 192.
Oldest building in eastern Maine, only one with Revolutionary War his-
tory. Reputed to be place where plot to engage in first naval battle of Rev-
olution was hatched.
255-4432.
Fort O'Brien Site
(Fort Machias 1775), Route 92. The British drove the
earliest defenders of Fort O'Brien from the site in 1775. Refortified in
1777 and destroyed during a British naval offensive in 1814.
941-4014.
Machiasport
Gates House
(1807), Machiasport Historical Society, Route 92. Federal-
style house furnished in period fashion. Maritime room.
255-8557.
Milbridge
Milbridge Historical Society
, S. Main Street.
546-7479.
Mount Desert (Somesville)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum
, Main Street.
Route 102. Collection of documents and artifacts from the island's early
settlements.
244-9012.
Northeast Harbor
Great Harbor Collection
at the Old Firehouse (1916), Main Street.
Historical museum and cultural center. Exhibits of fire-fighting equip-
ment, clothing, sleighs, machinery and tools from another time. Nautical
exhibits.
276-5262.
Petite Plaisance
, South Shore Road. Home of the late Madamme
Youcennar, first woman writer to be admitted to prestigious French
Academy.
276-3940.
Orland
Orland Historical Society
, Main Street, Route 175. Tools, housewares,
pictures and documents of local area. Mineral collection. Military uni-
forms from several wars. Native American artifacts.
469-2476.
Sedgwick
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Museum
, Route 15. Caterpil-
lar Hill. Located in the Rev. Daniel Merrill House (1795), town's first min-
ister and a founder of Colby College. On the National Register of
Historical Places.
359-2251.
