Witherell Block | 48-50 Water Street, Eastport, Maine | Eastport Historic District

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Witherell Block | 48-50 Water Street, Eastport, Maine | Eastport Historic District

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-WATER048/050 I7-0C5-31 Built:1887 Address: 48-50 Water Street Eastport, Maine National Register HISTORIC DISTRICT Eastport Historic District ARCHITECTS Henry N. Black (probably) ARCHITECTURAL STYLES Italianate From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010: 23) Witherell Block (NR) 48, 50 Water St., 1887, Italianate. In 1887 this block was rebuilt with two stores. FA Holmes & Co. boot and shoe store was on one side of the block and Stephen Sherlock's dry goods and boot store on the other side. Later FA and M.C. Holmes would own the block and combine the stores. From National Register of Historic Places Eastport Historic District Nomination Form, p.2: 12. Witherell Block, 1887. 48, 50 Water Street. Italianate, two stories. Brick with wood and stone trim. Probably Henry Black architect.