The Norlands
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The Norlands (also known as the Israel Washburn Homestead) is a historic building on Norlands Road in Livermore, Maine, United States. It was owned by Israel Washburn and his descendants.
History
The Gothic Revival-style house was built in 1821 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The house is now operated as part of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 19th-century period farm with living-history demonstrations. The buildings include the Norlands mansion, a mid-19th-century period schoolhouse, a library with displays about the Washburn family, a meeting house, a farmer's cottage, and a barn with farm animals. The barn and farmer's cottage burned down in April 2008 but the Farmer's Cottage was rebuilt and reopened in early 2011. The barn was later reconstructed in an early configuration.[1]
Fire
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Bibliography
- Remarkable Americans: The Washburn Family by Kerck Kelsey
- The Rise and Fall of William Drew Washburn by Kerck Kelsey
See also
- Ethel Wilson Gammon, founder and first executive director of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
References
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- ↑ "Norlands Fire Spares Center's Crown" Template:Webarchive - Portland Press Herald, March 17, 2010
- ↑ "Norlands to 'Rebuild.'" Sun Journal. April 30, 2008. https://www.sunjournal.com/2008/04/30/norlands-to-rebuild/
- ↑ "Norlands to 'Rebuild.'" Sun Journal. April 30, 2008. www.sunjournal.com
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"."Before the Fire Starts, Have a Plan." Sun Journal. May 2, 2008.
- ↑ "Norlands Living History Center Vows to Rise From the Ashes." Livermore Falls Advertiser.
- ↑ "Norlands' Barn Burns to the Ground." Livermore Falls Advertiser. Niles, Nancy.
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- Houses completed in 1821
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
- Houses in Androscoggin County, Maine
- Museums in Androscoggin County, Maine
- Living museums in Maine
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
- National Register of Historic Places in Androscoggin County, Maine