Holmes Cottage, Calais

Name: Holmes Cottage
Address: 237 Main St, Calais, United States

#2 among attractions in Calais

Museum, Science museum, History museum

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The Holmes Cottage is a historic house at 521 Main Street in Calais, Maine. Estimated to have been built about 1820, it is the oldest surviving structure in the town, and is notable for its association with Dr. Job Holmes, a leading physician during the community's formative years. The cottage, now owned by the St. Croix Historical Society and operated by them as the Dr. Job Holmes Cottage & Museum, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ()

Built: 1820 (204 years ago)Coordinates: 45°11'15"N, 67°16'28"W

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237 Main StCalais United States

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Holmes Cottage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Whitlocks Mill Light, Ferry Point International Bridge, Calais Observatory.

2.9 miSE
Lighthouse
Whitlocks Mill Light, Calais
73 min walk • The Whitlocks Mill Light is a lighthouse on the south bank of the St. Croix River in Calais, Maine. It is the northernmost lighthouse in the state of Maine, and was the last light to be built in the state.
0.5 miNW
Bridge
Ferry Point International Bridge, St. Stephen
14 min walk • The Ferry Point International Bridge is an international bridge, which connects St. Stephen, New Brunswick in Canada and Calais, Maine in the United States, across the St. Croix River. The bridge connects the two cities' downtowns. St.
~1920 ftSW
Observatories and planetariums
Calais Observatory, Calais
10 min walk • The Calais Observatory is a pair of granite fixtures in Meridian Park in Calais, Maine. The two stones were used for mounting scientific equipment used in a variety of astronomical observations, principally for the accurate calculation by the United States Coast Survey ...