John M. Philbrook House, Bethel

Name: John M. Philbrook House
Address: Bethel, United States

#11 among attractions in Bethel

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The John M. Philbrook House, now the Grand Victorian Inn, is a historic house at 32 Main Street in Bethel, Maine. Built in 1895, it is the town's most sophisticated example of Queen Anne architecture. John Philbrook, for whom it was built, was a lumber and cattle merchant. The house was used in the 1970s as faculty housing for nearby Gould Academy, and is now an inn. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ()

Built: 1895 (129 years ago)Architectural style: Queen Anne style architectureCoordinates: 44°24'20"N, 70°47'27"W

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Bethel United States

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John M. Philbrook House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Abram, Dr. Moses Mason House, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, The Golf Shop at The Bethel Inn Resort.

4.5 miSE
Winter sport, Ski area
Mount Abram, Bethel
116 min walk • Ski Mount Abram is a small family ski area in Greenwood, Maine, located a few miles outside of Bethel, Maine, and in the shadow of Sunday River Resort. It has 1,150 feet of vertical drop, with five lifts servicing 10 easy, 21 Intermediate, and 13 expert trails.
~640 ftSE
Museum, History museum
Dr. Moses Mason House, Bethel
4 min walk • The Dr. Moses Mason House is a historic house museum at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Mason Street in Bethel, Maine. Built c. 1813–15, it is notable as the home of one of Bethel's early doctors and first postmaster, Moses Mason, and for the murals drawn on some of its walls by the itinerant artist Rufus Porter.
~900 ftNE
44°24'27"N • 70°47'20"W
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel
5 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
~930 ftS
44°24'11"N • 70°47'25"W
The Golf Shop at The Bethel Inn Resort, Bethel
5 min walk • Golf
4.1 miN
Church
Middle Intervale Meeting House and Common, Bethel
104 min walk • The Middle Intervale Meeting House and Common is a historic church at 757 Intervale Road in Bethel, Maine. Built in 1816, this simple wood-frame structure served as a meeting house for both religious and civic purposes, and has been little-altered since 1857, when it was given its present Greek Revival features.
5.3 miNE
Church
Lower Meeting House and East Bethel Cemetery, Bethel
136 min walk • The Lower Meeting House and East Bethel Cemetery are a historic religious property at 1797 Intervale Road in Bethel, Maine.
5.4 miNW
Town
Newry
139 min walk • Newry is a resort town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 411 at the 2020 census. Newry was the site of one of Maine's worst Cold War aircraft crashes.