Peter Powers House, Deer Isle

#2 among attractions in Deer Isle

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The Peter Powers House is a historic house on Sunshine Road, just east of Maine State Route 15 in Deer Isle, Maine. This 1+1⁄2-story Cape style house was built in 1785 for Rev. Peter Powers, the first settled minister of the town, and is the oldest surviving house in the town. It is also architecturally distinctive as a rare regional example of a gambrel-roofed Cape. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ()

Built: 1785 (239 years ago)Coordinates: 44°13'0"N, 68°40'27"W

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Peter Powers House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stonington Opera House, Eagle Island Light, Salome Sellers House, Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society.

4.2 miS
Concerts and shows, Opera, Theater
Stonington Opera House, Stonington
108 min walk • The Stonington Opera House is a theatrical venue at the corner of Main and School Streets in the center of Stonington, Maine. Built in 1912, it is one of a small number of early 20th-century performance halls constructed in Maine.
4.6 miW
Lighthouse
Eagle Island Light, Eagle Island
119 min walk • Eagle Island Light is a lighthouse on Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay, in south central Maine. The tower was first lit in 1838 but had to be torn down because of major physical defects.
1.9 miSW
Museum, History museum
Salome Sellers House, Deer Isle Island
49 min walk • The Salome Sellers House is a historic house museum at 416 Sunset Road in Deer Isle, Maine. Its oldest portion dating to the 1770s, the house is locally distinctive as a well-preserved 19th-century Cape, and as the home of Salome Sellers, one of Deer Isle's longest-lived residents.
2 miSW
44°11'57"N • 68°42'19"W
Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society, Deer Isle
51 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.2 miS
44°9'21"N • 68°39'53"W
Isalos Fine Art, Stonington
108 min walk • Shopping, Museum
1.7 miSW
Village
Sunset, Deer Isle Island
43 min walk • Sunset is an unincorporated village in the town of Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located along Maine State Route 15A 27 miles south-southeast of Ellsworth. Sunset has a post office with ZIP code 04683.
5.4 miN
Bridge
Deer Isle Bridge, Deer Isle Island
138 min walk • The Deer Isle Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning Eggemoggin Reach in the state of Maine. The bridge is the only vehicular connection from the Maine mainland to Little Deer Isle, one of the segments that make up the island.
6.2 miNE
Town
Brooklin
159 min walk • Brooklin is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 827 at the 2020 census. It is home to WoodenBoat Magazine, Atlantic Boat Company, Brooklin Boat Yard, and numerous boatbuilders, artists, writers, musicians, and potters.
4.9 miSE
Universities and schools
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle Island
125 min walk • Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, commonly called "Haystack," is a craft school located at 89 Haystack School Drive on the coast of Deer Isle, Maine.