Name/Title
Col. E. D. Greene House | 267 Main Street, Calais, Maine | Calais Residential Historic DistrictDescription
Built:c. 1830-40
Address:
267 Main Street
Calais, Maine
National Register
HISTORIC DISTRICT
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
CALAIS RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Section number 7, Page 12:
16. Col. E. D. Greene House, c. 1830-40 - C 267 Main street
The Green house is a two-story, four-bay frame dwelling featuring a wraparound porch and two-story ell. It is sheathed in weatherboards. Like several other Greek Revival style houses (1, 2, 13) in the district this building employs a back-hall plan configuration as well as long double-hung (in this case six-aver-six) windows on the first story of the facade. The shallow-hipped roof porch, which is supported by Tuscan columns, extends across the front elevation and along the west side where its southern half is enclosed. This porch is probably an early twentieth century addition. There are four small six-over-six windows on the second story of the facade. The pedimented gable ends frame an irregular pattern of windows on the west end and a more symmetrical fenestration pattern including the entrance on the east end. The tympanum on the east end also displays a multi-pane triangular window which appears in several other houses in the district. There are two interior end chimneys located forward of the main block's roof ridge.
The present Dr. Gould house was built around 1840. It later belonged to Col. E. D. Greene and was in his possession in 1856. Col. Greene lived in this house with his daughter. The next owner was the Nickerson family who occupied the house until 1915 when they sold it to Henry Peterson. Mr. Peterson owned the house for many years until it was sold to Dr. Gould.