William Colburn House, Orono

Name: William Colburn House
Address: Orono, United States

#8 among attractions in Orono

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The William Colburn House is a historic house at 91 Bennoch Road in Orono, Maine. It was built about 1780 by William Colburn, one of the area's first white settlers, and is one of the few 18th-century houses surviving in Maine's central interior. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. ()

Built: 1780 (245 years ago)Coordinates: 44°53'19"N, 68°40'42"W

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William Colburn House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Orono Post Office, Collins Center for the Arts, Hudson Museum, University of Maine.

0.5 miSE
City hall
Orono Post Office, Orono
13 min walk • The main Orono Post Office is located at 1 Bennoch Street in Orono, Maine. Built in 1933, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
25 min walk • The Collins Center for the Arts, formerly the Maine Center for the Arts, is a performing arts center and concert hall located on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
0.9 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Hudson Museum, Orono
25 min walk • The Hudson Museum is an anthropology museum that is operated by the University of Maine and is located in the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine.
1 miNE
Universities and schools
University of Maine, Orono
26 min walk • The University of Maine is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System.
0.9 miNE
Museum
Page Farm & Home Museum, Marsh Island
23 min walk • The Page Farm & Home Museum is a museum on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
0.8 miSE
Dam
Orono Dam, Orono
20 min walk • The Orono Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Stillwater River at its confluence with the Penobscot River in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine.
0.9 miNE
Library
Raymond H. Fogler Library, Orono
23 min walk • The Raymond H. Fogler Library is an academic library at the University of Maine in Orono. The library's collections include approximately more than 1 million volumes, nearly 4 million periodical subscriptions, 1.6 million microforms, 2.2 million United States Federal, Maine...
0.9 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Maynard F. Jordan Observatory, Marsh Island
23 min walk • Maynard F. Jordan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Maine. Its first telescope was installed at the university in 1901, and was upgraded during the creation of the Emera Astronomy Center in 2014.
1.3 miNE
Botanical garden
Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden, Marsh Island
34 min walk • The Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden is located on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, United States. It consists of two parts: the Littlefield Garden, housing the permanent collection of woody and herbaceous ornamentals; and the Research Center dedicated to research.
0.9 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Nathaniel Treat House, Orono
25 min walk • The Nathaniel Treat House is a historic house at 114 Main Street in Orono, Maine. Probably built in the 1830s, the house is a fine example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture executed in brick.
0.8 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Gov. Israel Washburn House, Orono
21 min walk • The Gov. Israel Washburn House is a historic house at 120 Main Street in Orono, Maine. Built in 1840, it is architecturally significant as a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture, and is historically significant as the long-time home of Governor of Maine Israel Washburn, Jr.

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Nearby attractions include Orono Post Office, Orono (13 min walk), Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation, Marsh Island (14 min walk), Orono Main Street Historic District, Orono (17 min walk), Orono Dam, Orono (20 min walk).