Name/Title
Brooks House | 17 Shackford Street, Eastport, Maine | I7-0D3-08 | District #12Entry/Object ID
012Description
One and half story federal Cape Cod style house with long extended ell to the rear of the house. This house was likely built about 1820. Clapboard siding. Three bay front with later bay windows on either side of a later projecting front entryway. Capt. Anthony Brooks was a prominent Eastport sea captain during the embargo years to after the War of 1812. He often sailed ships for Jabez Mowry. During the British occupation of Eastport, he too was exiled to Lubec. During the War of 1812, the British cruiser Breame twice captured him and his vessels.
The Brooks House 13 Shackford Street, a half-Federal cape. Capt. Anthony Brooks was a prominent Eastport sea captain during the embargo years to after the War of 1812. He often sailed ships for Jabez Mowry. During the British occupation of Eastport, he too was exiled to Lubec. During the War of 1812, the British cruiser Breame twice captured him and his vessels.
