Name/Title
Jonesboro Grange #357 | Jonesboro, MaineDescription
From Jonesboro Grange National Register Nomination Form:
The Jonesboro Grange #357 is a building vrhich has served the community of Jonesboro for over 100 years. The hall was built ^ members of the Grange between 1908 and 1910 to serve as their meeting hall. The Grange was an important social and fraternal organization with an emphasis on agricultural education found in many Maine towns and cities. Not only was the Grange a place for the grange members to hold their meetings but the Jonesboro Grange Hall became a center for community activity. Currently, the Jonesboro population is approximately 600 and has increased only moderately since 1900. The rural town covers approximately 37 square miles (with only an average of 17 residences per square mile). The Jonesboro Grange is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, at the focal level of significance, for its current and past role in the social and entertainment history of the Jonesboro area. The areas of significance are Entertainment and Recreation and Social History.
The Jonesboro Grange #357 is a two-and-one-half story wood framed, community center and meeting hall. The building is located on Harrington Road in the Washington County town of Jonesboro. Harrington Road is also Route 1, a principal traffic artery. Located disigonally northwest of the building is Station Road. Surrounding the property are a number of different structures. Northwest of the Jonesboro Grange is a two-story residential home which is located directly across from the Grange on the comer of Harrington and Station road. West of the building is the Jonesboro General Store and Triple Moon Caf6. On the same property as the General Store is a run-down crafts, baskets and plants store which appears to have been a garage. Southwest of the Jonesboro Grange resides a picnic roof structure for public use. Alongside the back of the Jonesboro Grange, running south west to south east is a stream off the coast of Maine, now or formally called Moose Creek. The stream flows into the Chandler River to the south, and this village area has been known historically as ‘the Mills'.