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Stroudwater Historic District

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873: 107: 82: 62: 272:. The historic district encompasses a roughly triangular area, bounded on the northwest by a line extending along Penrith Road, the northeast by the Fore River, and the south by Garrison Street, although it extends a short way beyond Garrison on Westbrook Street. This area contains a significant concentration of houses built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries houses. It also has one of the city's early cemeteries (the oldest marked burial dating to 1739), and the 884: 114: 89: 299:. He built some of the early roads through the area, in part to facilitate the hauling of masts to a ship landing on the river. He built an early dam and bridge across the river, as well as sawmills and gristmills, in effect establishing an early industrial village. Business flourished in the area until trade was halted by the 307:, but saw a revival with the construction of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal. The canal was eventually overtaken in economic importance by railroads, and it was a railroad bridge which cut the area's wharves and shipbuilding facilities from the harbor. It has since become a predominantly residential part of the city. 762: 857: 793: 777: 913: 295:. This settlement was abandoned in the 1680s due to conflict with local Native Americans. In 1727 the area was resettled by Colonel Thomas Westbrook, who was hired as the mast agent for the government of King 767: 852: 798: 439: 819: 721: 918: 326: 752: 686: 651: 726: 631: 591: 416: 691: 681: 676: 656: 772: 606: 521: 641: 636: 511: 731: 696: 601: 576: 716: 666: 646: 621: 611: 596: 586: 571: 551: 526: 516: 506: 736: 711: 616: 556: 536: 531: 501: 491: 671: 626: 566: 541: 496: 155: 803: 701: 581: 546: 757: 706: 661: 561: 469: 454: 409: 485: 908: 106: 887: 402: 877: 248:. The district encompasses an important early village in the Portland area, significant as a shipbuilding and mill site established by 81: 449: 48: 425: 354: 253: 39: 321: 840: 237: 316: 273: 67: 241: 285: 845: 824: 296: 277: 284:
agent for the king. The area also has a number of mid-19th century houses, a remnant section of the
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The Stroudwater area was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century, with a sawmill near the
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The historic center of the Stroudwater neighborhood of Portland is located on both sides of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine
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National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Maine
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Tate House
Stroudwater Historic District is located in Maine
Stroudwater Historic District is located in the United States
Stroudwater
Fore Rivers
Portland, Maine
43°39′24″N 70°18′52″W / 43.65667°N 70.31444°W / 43.65667; -70.31444
73000126
historic district
Stroudwater neighborhood
Portland, Maine
Thomas Westbrook
National Register of Historic Places
Stroudwater River
Fore River
Tate House
National Historic Landmark
mast
Cumberland and Oxford Canal
Stroudwater falls
George II
Embargo Act of 1807
War of 1812
Spring Street Historic District
Western Promenade Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine

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