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Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District **
(added 1998 - Lincoln County - #98001238)
Address Restricted, Damariscotta
(3090 acres)
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Ceramic Period
Period of Significance: 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Camp, Fishing Facility Or Site
Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Current Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Conservation Area, Forest, Unoccupied Land

Fort Edgecomb (Boundary Increase) ***
(added 1991 - Lincoln County - #91001814)
Also known as Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site
Address Restricted, Edgecomb
(less then 1 acres)
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Military, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation: American Military
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Owner: Private , State
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-function: Fortification
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

Head Tide Historic District
(added 1974 - Lincoln County - #74000320)
Both sides of Sheepscot River, Alna
(600 acres, 14 buildings)
Historic Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style: Greek Revival, Other, Federal
Historic Person: Robinson,Edwin Arlington
Significant Year: 1908, 1787
Area of Significance: Religion, Literature, Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function: Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Hendricks Head Light Station **
(added 1987 - Lincoln County - #87002024)
Hendricks Head, Southport Island, West Southport
(50 acres, 2 buildings, 1 structure)
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: US Army Corps of Engineers
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Water-Related
Current Function: Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Main Street Historic District
(added 1979 - Lincoln County - #79000154)
Also known as PH0024970
Main St., Damariscotta
(50 acres, 23 buildings)
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style: Greek Revival, Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1925-1949, 1975-2000
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Financial Institution, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)
(added 2000 - Lincoln County - #00001636)
170-270 Main St., 4-5 Bristol Rd., Damariscotta
(40 acres, 6 buildings)
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Politics/Government
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Department Store, Fire Station, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function: Library, Museum, Professional, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Pemaquid Restoration and Museum ***
(added 1969 - Lincoln County - #69000022)
Also known as Pemaquid Archeological Site;ME 058-1
N of Pemaquid Beach at Pemaquid Point, Pemaquid Beach
(240 acres, 2 buildings)
Historic Significance: Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance: Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation: Eastern Abenaki, English
Period of Significance: 1600-1649, 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Government, Social
Historic Sub-function: Customhouse, Fortification, Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Village Site
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Research Facility, Restaurant

Ram Island Light Station **
(added 1988 - Lincoln County - #87002280)
Ram Island, Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay Harbor
(50 acres, 3 buildings, 1 structure)
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: US Army Corps of Engineers
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function: Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function: Water-Related

Sheepscot Historic District **
(added 1978 - Lincoln County - #78000424)
Address Restricted, New Castle
(12000 acres, 51 buildings)
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event
Architectural Style: Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation: Moorehead phase, English
Period of Significance: 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC, 1600-1649, 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Owner: Private , Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Camp, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling

Tenants Harbor Light Station **
(added 1987 - Lincoln County - #87002026)
Southern Island, Tenants Harbor
(200 acres, 2 buildings, 1 structure)
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: US Army Corps of Engineers
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture, Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Water-Related
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Camp

Wiscasset Historic District
(added 1973 - Lincoln County - #73000242)
Also known as Wiscasset Point;NR Control Nos. PH0004448;PH0004413;PH000527
Roughly Parker, Dresden, Bradford, Main, and Federal Sts., Wiscasset
(1010 acres, 22 buildings)
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: multiple
Architectural Style: Greek Revival, Other, Federal
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
Owner: Private , Local Gov't
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function: Business, Customhouse, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Cemetery, Museum, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store


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