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McCurdy Smokehouse

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856: 98: 73: 59: 247:. McBride's was one of thirteen herring smokehouses in Lubec, and the complex, expanded by his successors in the business, operated until 1991. From 1959 to 1995 the complex was owned by members of the McCurdy family. It was sold in 1995 to Lubec Landmarks, dedicated to its preservation. They have adapted the skinning/packing shed to house a museum on Lubec history, and are seeking adaptive uses for the other elements of the complex. 867: 105: 80: 235:
The McCurdy Smokehouse is set on a collection of adjacent pile wharves on the Lubec waterfront, near the junction of Water and School Streets. It is an assemblage of nine buildings, some purpose-built, some adapted to the purpose, which were mostly built between 1895 and 1941. All are wood frame
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The history of the smokehouse begins in 1907, when Robert McBridge purchased an unused wharf and built a smokehouse on it. He also acquired several adjacent buildings, that had previously housed other businesses, and adapted them for the specialized activities related to pickling and
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structures, one and two stories in height. The oldest building is a c. 1860 Greek Revival retail building, which was adapted for use by the operators of the smokehouse as a warehouse sometime between 1921 and 1933.
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is a former industrial fish processing facility on the waterfront of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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McCurdy Smokehouse is located in Maine
McCurdy Smokehouse is located in the United States
Lubec, Maine
44°51′39″N 66°59′1″W / 44.86083°N 66.98361°W / 44.86083; -66.98361
93000638
Lubec, Maine
National Register of Historic Places
smoking
herring
January 2018 North American blizzard
Lubec Narrows
Campobello Island
Canada
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for McCurdy Smokehouse"
"Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back"
the original
McCurdy Smokehouse web site
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