Chestnut Street Historic District

Chestnut St. from Elm to Beacon Ave. including parts of Penobscot, Pleasant and Wood Sts., and Dillingham Pt., Camden, Maine. County/parish: Knox.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 22, 1991. NRIS 91000325.

83 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • See Also:US Post Office--Camden Main

From Wikipedia:

Chestnut Street Historic District (Camden, Maine)

The Chestnut Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential part of Camden, Maine, United States, which represents a cross-section of the town's architectural history, and of its transition from a shipping center to a summer resort community. The district extends south from the town common, along Chestnut Street, and then east to Dillingham Point. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686457

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