Name/Title
Swan-King House | 249 Main Street, Calais, Maine | Calais Residential Historic DistrictDescription
Built:c. 1835
Address:
249 Main Street
Calais, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
CALAIS RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Section number 7, Page 10:
13. Swan-King House, c. 1835 - C 249 Main street
The swan-King House is a two-story, two-bay Greek Revival frame dwelling featuring front bay windows, a. side porch, and two-story ell. It is presently sheathed in asbestos shingles. The symmetrically composed facade contains the three-sided bay windows on the first story and replacement oneover-one windows under narrow hoods on the second story. Both pedimented gable ends feature a triangular multi-pane window in the tympanum. The porch on the east side shelters a long double-hung window and a door which opens into a vestibule. There are two windows above the porch and four on the opposite end, two of which are reduced in size from the originals. The ell has a variety of window openings.
This house was occupied by F. K. Swan in 1856, probably a relative of Dr. Charles Swan, whose father was Francis Swan, but no verification of this possible relationship has been discovered by our research. The house later was owned by Willard Bancroft King, brother of Minerva King Horton Swan, wife of Dr. Charles Swan. Mr. King was a prominent businessman who died in 1897.