Name/Title
Samuel N. Campbell House (First) | Route 1, Cherryfield, Maine | Cherryfield Historic DistrictDescription
Built:By 1861
Address:
Route 1
Cherryfield, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Cherryfield Historic District
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
Section number 7, Page 6:
5. (First) Samuel N. Campbell House, By 1861 - C Route 1
This one-and-a-half-story gable front frame house features a full width porch on the facade, a bracketed cornice and a raking cornice ornamented with a wave patterned bargeboard. The house exhibits Greek Revival style characteristics in its proportions, side hall plan, gable orientation and pronounced corner pilasters and wide cornice. These are juxtaposed with the Italianate features of closely spaced brackets, side and front bay windows, bracketed window hoods, and the Gothic trim. The porch is a turn-of-thecentury additipn. A long ell extends to a perpendicular connector that joins the house to the barn.
Samuel N. Campbell was residing in this house as early as 1861, and he apparently occupied it until his new, much more lavish dwelling (2) was completed in 1883. While living here, Campbell was a partner in the firm of G. R. Campbell and Company, and was president of the Cherryfield Silver Mining Company.
6. Nash-Wakefield House, c. 1820 - C Route 1
This two-story dwelling, which is sheathed in weatherboards, has a distinct Federal style appearance which is altered by the replacement Greek Revival style doorway. Its symmetrically composed five-bay facade features a central entrance with a broad entablature and paneled pilasters and a narrow cornice typical of the Federal period. A bay window was added in the nineteenth century to the east gable end. Two interior chimneys rise through the roof ridge. A modern gambrel roofed shed stands behind the house.
Although the original owner of this house has not yet been identified, in 1861 it was occupied by Mrs. L. Nash. In 1881 G. W. Wakefield was residing here. Wakefield was a manufacturer of castings and machinery. His foundry was located on the east side of the Forest Mill Dam.