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George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

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George W. Bourne House, 104 Summer Street (State Route 35), Kennebunk, York County, ME

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Summary

Significance: The conventional late Federal style brick house was built in 1826 for George W. Bourne, a shipbuilder at a Kennebunk River shipyard. In 1855, Bourne designed and added the elaborate Gothic Revival trim. This wooden "frosting" was designed to match a connected barn decorated in a similar manner.
Survey number: HABS ME-74
Building/structure dates: 1826- 1829 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lord, Harold I
Bourne, George W
Myers, Denys Peter
Borchers, Perry E
Choteau Brown, Frank
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
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Location

Kennebunk (Me.)43.40067, -70.55523
Google Map of 43.40066909999999, -70.5552277
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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