Spite House
Also known as: The Thomas McCobb House
Deadman's Point, Rockport, Maine
Deadman's Point, Rockport, Maine
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Description
A large colonial mansion, known as "Spite House," was loaded on a railroad lighter at Phippsburg Center to be transported 85 miles to Rockport on July 26, 1925. The 119-year-old mansion had been sold to Donald D. Dodge of Philadelphia, who wanted it located in the summer colony of Rockport. It took three hours to load it onto the lighter and then was delivered the same day. Ambrose C. Cramer, Historic Buildings Preservation Officer of The American Institute of Architects, calls Spite House and the Kavanagh Mansion at Damariscotta Mills "the two finest examples in Maine of residential architecture in the Federal style.National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1974
- Reference number
- 74000175
- Architectural style
- Federal
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Single dwelling
- Period of significance
- 1800-1824
- Significant year
- 1806
Sources
- Brian Bartlett - worumbo [at] gmail [dot] com
- National Register database - Reference number 74000175 (Search for documents)
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