My favorite photographic collections at the Kennebunkport Historical Society are the ones that include pictures from all over Kennebunkport taken around the same time. This collection transports us to Kennebunkport Village in 1901. Let’s follow the year-old trolley tracks into Dock Square, (picture #1) past the equine iron drinking fountain. The street approaching the bridge...
Month: April 2024
Richard A. Nott One Time Owner of the Nott House
The Nott House, aka White Columns on Maine Street, was donated to The Kennebunkport Historical Society in 1981 by Elizabeth Nott, who asked that it be referred to as the Richard A. Nott House in memory of her brother. You may remember from a previous Throwback Thursday that the Greek Revival mansion was built for...
Captain Nathaniel Lord Thompson and the Ships he Built
The maritime history of the Kennebunks has been a subject of great interest to me since I started researching it 24 years ago. One of my favorite local sources of reliable information is the 1937 book, ‘Captain Nathaniel Lord Thompson and the Ships he Built’ by Captain Thompson’s bodacious daughter, Margaret Jefferds Thompson. Margaret was...
Architect Henry Patson Clark designed The Colony Hotel
Architect, Henry Paston Clark had a significant influence on the character of Cape Arundel. His “Shingle-style Cottage” designs were cutting edge in his day and were often reviewed in “American Architect and Building News, the definitive architectural journal at the turn of the century. Although he lived in Boston for most of his life, H.P....