Name/Title
Amaziah Ricker House | Park Street, Cherryfield, Maine | Cherryfield Historic DistrictDescription
Built:c. 1802
Address:
Park Street
Cherryfield, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Cherryfield Historic District
From Sunrise County Architecture (2nd revised and enlarged edition) 1996, p.92:
AMAZIAH RICKER HOUSE
Amaziah Ricker was brought to Cherryfield by Alexander Campbell, because the town needed a blacksmith. He set up his blacksmith shop and built his home about 1803. The house has a hipped roof and a doorway framed by a transom. and side lights. The ell was converted into a dental office in 1976 .... The house sits on the Narraguagus River off Park Street, and used to have wharf out front where lumber was loaded on the ships. AFN
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
Section number 7, Page 11:
22. Amaziah Ricker House, c. 1802 - C Park street
Believed to be the second oldest house in the district this two-story, five-bay frame dwelling is sheathed in weatherboards and covered by a low hipped roof. The Federal period building retains its narrow cornice and multi-pane windows, as well as its remodeled Greek Revival style entrance featuring sidelights and transom framed by pilasters and an entablature. A two-story ell extends to the rear and a barn stands off the southwest corner.
According to local tradition Amaziah Ricker, a blacksmith by trade, settled in Cherryfield at the urging of Alexander Campbell. He is thought to have built the house about 1802 and operated his shop in an adjacent building. Members of the Ricker family were still occupying the house and were engaged in the blacksmithing business as late as 1900.