National Historic Landmarks in Maine - American Eagle (Schooner), Bowdoin (Arctic Schooner), Cushnoc Archeological Site, Daniel Coit Gilman Summer Hous (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: American Eagle (schooner), Bowdoin (Arctic schooner), Cushnoc Archeological Site, Daniel Coit Gilman Summer House, Edwin Arlington Robinson House, Fort Halifax (Maine), Fort Kent (fort), Fort Knox (Maine), Fort Western, Governor's House (Togus, Maine), Grace Bailey (schooner), Hamilton House (South Berwick, Maine), Harpswell Meetinghouse, Isaac H. Evans (schooner), J. & E. Riggin (schooner), Kennebec Arsenal, Lady Pepperrell House, Lewis R. French (schooner), List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine, McIntire Garrison House, Mercantile (schooner), Neal S. Dow House, Nickels-Sortwell House, Norridgewock Archeological District, Old York Gaol, Olson House (Cushing, Maine), Parker Cleaveland House, Pemaquid Archeological Site, Pentagoet Archeological District, Portland Observatory, Roseway, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Sarah Orne Jewett House, Stephen Taber (schooner), Tate House (Stroudwater, Maine), The Blaine House, Thomas Brackett Reed House, Victoria Mansion, Victory Chimes (schooner), Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Winslow Homer Studio. Excerpt: This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. The state of Maine is home to 42 of these landmarks, displaying the state's maritime heritage, as well as literary, archeological, religious, and a wide array of other themes. One site in the state, Wickyup, had its landmark designation withdrawn after it was destroyed by fire. The state is also the location of the National Park Service's only International Historic Site, the St. Croix Island International Historic Site, important in both U.S. and Canadian history as the site of the first French settlement of Acadia in 1603. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with only three members as of 2009. The community was established in either 1782, 1783 or 1793, at the height of the Shaker movement in the United States. The Sabbathday Lake meetinghouse was built in 1794. The entire property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. The Shakers were originally located in England in 1747, in the home of Mother Ann Lee. They developed from the religious group called the Quakers which originated in the 17th century. Both groups believed that everybody could find God within him or herself, rather than through clergy or rituals, but the Shakers tended to be more emotional and demonstrative in their worship. Shakers also believed that their lives should be dedicated to pursuing perfection and continuously confessing their sins and attempting a cessation of sinning. The Shakers migrated to Colonial America in 1774 in pursuit of religious freedom. They built 19 communal settlements that attracted some 20,000 converts over the next century. The first Shaker vi