Name/Title
Dr. Micajah C. Hawkes House | 15 Shackford Street, Eastport, Maine | I7-0D3-09 | District #14Entry/Object ID
014Description
A federal style hip roof house, the Hawkes house was built in 1824. The three bay front facade of the main house has a left bay entrance door with period fan light above the door. On either side of the door are colorful lead glass side light panes, some cut with graceful designs. There is a rear hip roof ell to the west side of the main house that may have built at the same time or slightly later. A twentieth century garage addition is attached to the rear of the house and a very recent detached small swimming pool building has been added to the front west side of the property. The house was built for one of Eastport’s long-time leading physicians. Dr. Hawkes with his family arrived in Eastport in 1817 from Boston. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served on the U.S.S. Hornet as the assistant surgeon. As a result of his service, Hawkes received a leg wound from the battle with the H.M.S. Peacock, which caused him to walk with a slight limp the rest of his life. Though much of the interior of the house has been modified, the original circular staircase remains. The original federal style front porch enclosure of the house has been removed along with the upper exterior decorative trim along the roofline. These architectural features, with the permission of the owner, are now preserved and are in the collections of the Tides Institute and Museum of Art.
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
Dr. Micajah C. Hawkes House 15 Shackford Street.
Federal design. Bordering the front door are colorful lead glass panes, some cut with graceful designs. This house was built between 1816-18 by one of Eastports long-time leading physicians. Dr. Hawkes with his family arrived in Eastport in 1817 from Boston. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served on the U.S.S. Hornet as the assistant surgeon. As a result of his service, Hawkes received a leg wound from the battle with the H.M.S. Peacock, which caused him to walk with a slight limp the rest of his life.
The original front porch of the house has been removed along with the upper exterior decorative trim along the roofline. These architectural features, with the permission of the owner, are now preserved and are in the collections of the Tides Institute.
• From Eastport Sentinel, April 12, 1882, p.2, c.3-5:
“Some old Eastport Houses.
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AND THEIR OCCUPANTS.—A FAMILIAR RETROSPECT.
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PART 3.
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THE SHACKFORD STREET HOUSE.
The only hipped roof house on Shackford street still retains its identity. It was built in 1824 by Dr. Micajah Hawks, and has never passed out gf his family. In the last war with Great Britain he served as assistant surgeon in the United States navy and was on board the @ornet in her engagement with the Peacock. One of his medical students whom I remember was Dr. Crow. Dr. Hawks was at one time surveyor of the port, and two other physicians, Dr. Ayer and Dr. Whipple, have also been surveyors. In the latter days he was affdicted with lameness, and his slow moving horse and chaise were amportant local institutions, and when after long serveice old Radgeway died it left a vacancy on Water street, nearly as great as if one of the stores had disappeared.”
