Name/Title
Pettigrove-Grove House | 311 Main Street, Calais, Maine | Hinckley Hill Historic DistrictDescription
Built:c. 1820, c. 1960
Address:
311 Main Street
Calais, Maine
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Hinckley Hill Historic District
From National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
HINCKLEY HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT, WASHINGTON, MAINE
Section number 7 Page 5:
4. Pettigrove-Grove House, c. 1820, c. 1960 - C 311 Main street
This one-and-a-half-story, five-bay cape is the oldest building in the district. Its symmetrically composed facade features a central entrance with fanlight and sidelights flanked by nine-over-six double-hung sash windo~s. The south gable end has a bay window at the southeast corner that was added in the 1960s, as well as a single window to the west and two on the second story. A large shed dormer spans the rear elevation and overlooks a onestory ell that extends to a garage. Unlike the front block which is sheathed in weatherboards, the ell is shingled.
Tradition holds that the house was originally built for one of the children of Lawrence Pettigrove, who, on September 5, 1792, purchased onehundred acres of land on Hinckley Hill, and shortly thereafter moved from Kittery to Calais, building a large brick house sometime between 1792 and 1800. When his first child was married he supposedly built the Gregory House '(231 Main street), as a wedding present. This was two lots down from his own house, but on his 100 acre lot. Later, when a second child was married, he moved a couple of more lots down, building another cape style house presently known as 315 Main street. Then at the marriage of a third child he built this cape at 311 Main street. This house was rented for many years and also was vacant for a considerable time and was in serious disrepair when it was purchased and restored by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Groves.