Name/Title
Dennysville, Maine | John Allan HouseDescription
Dennysville, Maine
From Sunrise County Architecture (2nd revised and enlarged edition) 1996, p.44:
JOHN D. ALLAN HOUSE (DENNYS RIVER INN)
John D. Allans home, built 1896 by Nathan Foster who also erected the Pomeroy Mansion and Odd Fellows Hall in Pembroke, occupied the site of the former residence and inn of Ebenezer C. Wilder. In this structure John D. Allans son, Herbert, operated an inn, Allans Hotel, followed by other owners who changed the name to Dennys River Inn. The fme old house with its recent studio addition is now The American House of Dance. This two-and-one-half story building has a wide bracketed cornice and bracketed window lintels. The entrance has an enclosed portico with gabled pediment, and the wing has a one-story porch with bracketed cornice and columns. RWH