Name/Title
House | 4 Calais Avenue, Calais, Maine | Calais Residential Historic DistrictDescription
Built:c. 1840
Address:
4 Calais Avenue
Calais, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
CALAIS RESIDENTIIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT'
Section number 7, Pages 6-7
7. House, c. 1840 - C 4 Calais Avenue
Although it has been altered by the application of asbestos shingles, this two-story, five-bay frame dwelling still exhibits features of its Greek Revival style form including a pronounced cornice and long six-over-six first story windows with hooded surrounds. Its. proj ecting central entrance vestibule may be an original feature, an element which historic photographs show to have possessed two pairs of Doric columns framing the doorway and sidelights. On the second story of the facade, four six-over-six windows survive only the central one having been recently replaced. There is one large interior end chimney (as well as a modern concrete block), a bay window on the north gable end, and a telescoping one- and two-story ell at the rear. The broad gable ends are punctuated by a variety of window openings containing both two-over-one and six-over-six sash.