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Hamilton House (South Berwick, Maine)

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1077: 104: 79: 294:-story wood-frame building, with a hip roof, clapboard siding, four brick chimneys symmetrically placed in its outside walls, and gabled dormers on all four elevations. It has entrances on its north, south, and east sides, each flanked by pilasters and topped by a gabled pediment; that on the north side has a more elaborate treatment, with sidelight windows and a second pair of pilasters. On the north and east facades, there are Palladian windows above the entrances. 62: 1088: 313:. Known as Pipe Stave Landing, the property was advantageous for landing goods from his merchant ships. The house he built was, according to tax records, the most valuable in South Berwick. Hamilton died in 1802, and the property was sold out of the family in 1815. For much of the 19th century it was owned by the Goodwin family, who operated a farm on the property, and let the grand house decline in condition. 111: 86: 297:
The interior of the house follows a center-hall plan, with a wide central hall decorated with wallpaper that is a reproduction (made in 1900) of older wallpaper found in the house. The two parlor chambers and dining room have mahogany window seats, paneled chimney surrounds, and folding inside window
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convinced her friend Emily Tyson, and Tyson's stepdaughter Elise, to purchase and restore the house in the then-fashionable Colonial Revival. The Tysons made only modest alterations to the house, and restored some of its fabric, including the wallpaper in the central hall. Their most significant
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changes were outside, where they built the handsome garden and cottage (the latter now serving as a visitor center) south of the house. After the death of Elise Tyson Vaughan in 1949, the house was bequeathed to the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities, now
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program to fund repairs to the house. Historic New England began a fundraising campaign to raise the required matching funds.
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is a little-altered and high quality late Georgian country house. Acquired by preservationist friends of South Berwick native
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In 1783 land for the house was purchased by Jonathan Hamilton, a merchant who had profited during the
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shutters. The dining room and south parlor have wallpaper painted in 1900 by
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The Hamilton House is set on 50 acres (20 ha) of land overlooking the
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In 2020, Historic New England was awarded a grant of $ 165,000 from the
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When the Goodwins put the property up for sale in 1898, local author
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Hamilton House (South Berwick, Maine) is located in Maine
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Maine) is located in the United States
South Berwick, Maine
43°12′46″N 70°48′56″W / 43.2129°N 70.8156°W / 43.2129; -70.8156
70000082
South Berwick, Maine
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
National Historic Landmark
Sarah Orne Jewett
historic house museum
Historic New England
Salmon Falls River
Rollinsford
New Hampshire
George Porter Fernald
American Revolutionary War
privateering
Sarah Orne Jewett
Historic New England
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Isabella Stewart Gardner
The Tory Lover
Save America's Treasures
Sarah Orne Jewett House
List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine
National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine

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