Name/Title
J. W. Coffin House | Main Street, Cherryfield, Maine | Cherryfield Historic DistrictDescription
Address:
Main Street
Cherryfield, Maine
Section number 7, Page 17:
40. J. W. Coffin House, c. 1860 - C Main street
The Coffin House is a two-and-a-half-story T-shaped dwelling that has a two-story projecting gabled vestibule, a two-story ell, and a detached barn. - Its modest Italianate style form is conveyed through the hoods with modillion blocks above the segmentally arched door and upper vestibule window, as well as the shaped modillions in the gable and cornice. The corners of the vestibule are articulated by paneled pilasters. The recessed wall plane of the main block (two bays wide on each side of the vestibule) are modestly finished. Along the building's south side is an entrance with bracketed hood and a two-story bay window. The house is sheathed entirely in weatherboards and it rests on a granite foundation.
J. W. Coffin, who is shown as the occupant of this dwelling on both the 1861 and 1881 maps, was a long-time Cherryfield merchant and lumber manufacturer.