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1996 Maine's Most Endangered Historic Properties Learn about Maine's Most Endangered Historic Properties success stories! This year's Saved! properties: Great Bowdoin Mill, Holt Hall/Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary and Fort Knox National Historic Landmark
To request information or make a donation, contact Lubec Landmarks at P.O. Box 422 Lubec, ME 04652, or President Jim Buehner at (207) 733-2129.
Gone. (c. 1900) The turn-of-the-century buildings of this estate were sold and removed, and the parcel was developed into a public park as required in the will of former owner Hartley Mason.
Endangered. We've all seen them - collapsed barns and agricultural outbuildings that once served the farms that supported Maine's farming community. Last year the Maine Historic Preservation Commission's New Century Grants Program awarded $40,000 in grants for barn restoration. Examples of current projects include repairs to the foundation and roof of the Amos/Josh Moody farm in Nobleboro, roof replacement of the Bradford Barn in Patten, and foundation, sill and roof repairs to the Holt barn in Skowhegan.
Endangered. The last preservation related bill passed by the 119th Legislature, LD 2600, created the Downtown Center Program. $100,000 in funding for this program will be managed by the State Planning Office. The Maine Development Foundation will also assist with this project, in collaboration with Maine Preservation, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the Maine Department of Transportation and the Department of Economic and Community Development. To find out more visit the Maine Downtown Center Program at / Maine Downtown Center Home Page or mail 45 Memorial Circle, Suite 302, Augusta, ME 04330, (207)622-6345.
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Maine
Preservation is the statewide private non-profit preservation organization
dedicated to preserving and protecting the irreplaceable architectural
heritage, historic places and communities of Maine through advocacy,
education and outreach. For more information on Maine's Most Endangered
Historic Properties or other programs including technical services and
educational conferences, contact Greg Paxton, Executive Director, at
(207) 775-3652, via email at maineprs@gwi.net,
or write to 500 Congress Street, 2nd Floor, Portland, Maine 04101 
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the works. The McCurdy Smokehouse complex, built
to process and smoke herring, was the last herring smokehouse operation
in the United States when it went out of business in 1991. This
National Register complex is owned by Lubec Landmarks whose goals are
to transform the compound into a marine museum and interpretive center.
They are proceeding to raise funds and awareness despite setbacks that
included a washed out wharf and unsafe structural issues. A grant from
the Maine Humanities Council helped fund a use and interpretive study
for the complex. A filmmaker from New York developed a documentary film
about the smokehouse and its cultural contribution to Lubec. In
2004 the Skinning Shed windows were repaired, as were the shingles, and
a wrap-around wharf was built providing access to the building.