Name/Title
Aaron Hayden House | 17 Boynton Street, Eastport, Maine | I7-0B3-27 | District #94Entry/Object ID
094Description
Aaron Hayden, deacon of the Calvinist Baptist Church of Eastport, had his home built on Boynton Street in 1807. The house was originally a two story hip roof federal style home, similar to the to several other federal period houses nearby. The building was later purchased by General S.D. Leavitt and extensively remodeled both inside and outside in 1882. A third story with mansard roof was added to the outside along with a side porch, bay windows. and bracketed cornice Inside the house saw the addition of new flooring, new ceilings and a new staircase. The fan over the door is one of the few remaining visible features of the original house. Aaron Hayden, Jr. (the nineteenth) and William Kilby (the twenty-ninth) representatives from Eastport to the Maine legislature, were born in this house. The house is now undergoing extensive restoration and is remarkably intact from its 1882 renovations.
From Sunrise County Architecture (2nd revised and enlarged edition) 1996, p. 32:
AARON HAYDEN HOUSE
Aaron Hayden, deacon of the Calvinist Baptist Church of Eastport, had his home built on Boynton Street around 1805. The house was originally a two story hipped roof Federal style home, similar to the Kilby House nearby. The building was purchased by General S.D. Leavitt and remodelled around 1880. The house is now three stories high with a mansard roof, bay windows, bracketed cornice and several tall spindly chimneys. The fan over the door is one of the few remaining visible features of the original house. AFN
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
57) The Hayden House 17 Boynton Street, Federal, 1805.
Deacon Aaron Hayden was a prominent merchant and owner of the Hayden wharf. General S.D. Leavitt, the first mayor of Eastport, later bought this house and had a third story added to it with a mansard roof and bay windows. Aaron Hayden, Jr. (the nineteenth) and William Kilby (the twenty-ninth) representatives from Eastport to the state legislature, were born in this house.
• From Eastport Sentinel, March 15, 1882, p.3,c.1: “The old Hayden mansion, now being remodeled and built over for S.D. Leavitt, Esq., will be when completed, one of the finest houses in the place. Bay windows have been built upon the front, facing the south, and modern windows replace the old style sashes and glass on all sides. A French roof has also greatly altered the appearance of the house, which was built in 1807, as was shown by the date found upon one of the old steps, which had also the builder’s names. The carpenter work is being done by D.N. Clark & Sons, J.N. Coffin does the mason work and the plumbing by Albert M. Bibber. There is a steam heater which carries the heated steam through the house into radiators in each room. An examination of the work executed by the plumber will repay anyone. There is an upright copper boiler in the kitchen, heated from the cooking range; pipes convey the hot water from the boiler to the sink, which has also a hard and soft water pump. Soap stone tubs also have pipes leading from the hot and cold water tanks. But little will be left of the original house when the carpenters have concluded their tearing away and rebuilding. The ceilings and walls will be replastered in nearly every room and new floors laid. The house when completed will be commodious and convenient and has an excellent location.”
