Name/Title
A. B. Davis Building | 44 Water Street, Eastport, Maine | Eastport Historic DistrictDescription
-WATER044
I7-0C5-30/33/46
Built:1887
Address:
44 Water Street
Eastport, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Eastport Historic District
ARCHITECTS
Henry N. Black
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
Italianate
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
24) A.B. Davis (NR) 44 Water Street. In 1887 Miss Abbie Davis contracted J. McPherson, of St. John, to rebuild her millinery shop with brick. She also sold gloves and women's fancy goods. She was one of the few women to own and run her own business, by herself, in Eastport.
From National Register of Historic Places Eastport Historic District Nomination Form, p.2:
13. A.B. Davis Building, 1887. 44 Water Street. Italianate, 3 stories, brick with wood and copper trim. Henry Black, Architect.