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Brown-Pilsbury Double House

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248:-story wood-frame structure, finished in wooden clapboards, with a granite foundation and a side-gable roof, and is set on a lot at the southeast corner of Franklin and MacDonald Streets. A single-story gabled ell, probably of 19th-century construction, extends to the rear of the building from the eastern unit. There is an entry with Federal styling at the center of the north facade, but this is believed to be a late 19th-century alteration. The two units of the duplex are entered through entrances on the eastern and western facades, the eastern one with a Federal style surround and the western one with a later Greek Revival treatment. 820: 81: 56: 831: 88: 63: 252:
ovens, and the parlors feature finely-carved Federal style fireplace surrounds. The attic of the building is distinctive, consisting originally of a single large barrel-vaulted space behind the chimneys. It is believed this space may have been used as a Masonic Lodge meeting hall; it has since been divided between the units.
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The interiors of the two units are nearly identical in their layout. Both have a narrow vestibule with a winding staircase leading to the second floor, with doors leading to the basement, kitchen (on the north side) and parlor (on the south). The kitchens have large hearths with original beehive
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The house was built c. 1808 for business partners John Hillyard Brown and Moody Pilsbury, both natives of
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is a historic two-family house at 188–190 Franklin Street in
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Brown-Pilsbury Double House is located in Maine
Brown-Pilsbury Double House is located in the United States
Bucksport, Maine
United States
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Bucksport, Maine
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