The Cherryfield Historic District is a historic area in Cherryfield

Cherryfield, Maine

Cherryfield is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States on the Narraguagus River. It was named for the wild cherries that once peppered the banks of the river. The population was 1,157 at the 2000 census. The town bills itself as the "Blueberry Capital of the World"...

, Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. The district was entered in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 on October 1, 1990 by recommendation of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and was approved by the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.

Overview

The Cherryfield Historic District is an area of approximately 75 acres (30.4 ha) lying on both sides of the Narraguagus River

Narraguagus River

The Narraguagus River is a river located in the U.S. state of Maine with its mouth in the Narraguagus Bay of the Gulf of Maine. It flows through the town of Cherryfield and was formerly well known for its sport fly fishing for Atlantic salmon. This was a traditional highlight of late spring with...

. The historic district comprises a collection of substantially intact residential and commercial buildings that clearly depict the nineteenth century development of a riverside community. There are 52 contributing and 10 non contributing buildings in the district. Two historic buildings outside the district but also in the National Register are included in this guide.
Cherryfield was approved as a historic district because of its depiction of community development and association with commerce, through its association with significant persons, and for architectural history.

Although the 52 contributing buildings in the district and those outside the district are framed with wood, the district architecturally holds representative examples of the most popular nineteenth century residential styles with an especially impressive concentration of Second Empire dwellings. Included in the styles are:Second Empire;Federal

Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...

;Greek Revival;Italianate;Queen Anne;Colonial Revival.

The Second Empire Style houses are Cherryfield's unique contribution to the inventory of Maine's historic patterns of building. While the design of these houses may be equalled and surpassed in urban areas such as Bangor

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

 and Portland

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

; given their small town context, integrity and relative number they are truly remarkable.

List of structures

• Peter Smith Store, 1858: Vernacular Italianate

• Freeman Nash House, 1840: Greek Revival

• Arthur Willey House, 1876: Second Empire (Willey was a justice and his family included lumber manufacturers and merchants)

• O. Ward House, 1870: Italianate

• Uriah N. Small, 1840: Greek Revival (Small was a merchant, his store was in what was the old post office)

• (First) Amaziah Ricker House, 1803: Federal (Second oldest house in the district, Ricker was the first blacksmith in the area, and his shop was in the adjacent building. The Masonic Lodge organized and met in this house)

• W.D. Ricker House, 1835: Greek Revival

• J.T. Campbell House, 1860: Italianate

• Harland Schoppee House, built after 1881: Late 19th Century Vernacular

• Nugent/Smith House, 1870: Vernacular Greek Revival (by 1881 local merchant Peter Smith had acquired this property)

• Frank Shoppe House, 1900: Vernacular Italianate

• James Campbell House, 1860: Greek Revival (Campbell was a carpenter and a ship joiner)

• Godfrey/Patten House, 1860: Greek Revival/Italianate (Godfrey was a blacksmith & shipsmith, Patten a merchant & shoe manufacturer - his store still stands)

• M. Coffin House, 1860: Greek Revival/Italianate

• J.Strout House, 1855: Greek Revival/Italianate

• Frank Campbell House, 1875: Second Empire

• General Alexander Campbell House, 1790: Federal (oldest home in the village. Campbell was the most prominent of Cherryfield's early settlers. He developed a substantial lumber business and was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1791 to 1798. His descendants still live in the house)

• (Second) Samuel N. Campbell House, 1883: Queen Anne (A grandson of Alexander Campbell, Samuel was engaged in the lumber business and active in State politics)