Dennysville Historic District

Name/Title

Dennysville Historic District

Description

The Dennysville Historic District is comprised of a cohesive and homogeneous grouping of 19th-century buildings, largely residences, but including a church, library., former academy, legion hall and former inn. The district runs along the west shore of the Dennys River about two miles above its entrance into Dennys Bay, a tidal estuary and an arm of Cobscook Bay which empties into the Atlantic Ocean between Eastport and Lubec. The boundaries include the oldest part of the community which was centered about several mills located along the river at this point. The village, located in a fairly remote part of Washington County, has experienced very little change within the last hundred years and retains its 19th-century flavor both in architecture and in the generous spacing of the buildings. The structures are generally in good to excellent condition. No known archaeological sites are present within the district.