Thomas Hamilton House, Calais

Name: Thomas Hamilton House
Address: Calais, United States

#5 among attractions in Calais

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The Thomas Hamilton House is a historic house at 78 South Street in Calais, Maine. Built about 1857, it is a high-style Italianate house, unusual in its sophistication for what was then a remote frontier setting. Thomas Hamilton, the builder, had pretense at grandeur, and his house became a local landmark known as "Hamilton's Folly". The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ()

Built: 1856 (168 years ago)Coordinates: 45°10'43"N, 67°16'20"W

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Calais United States

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Thomas Hamilton House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.4 miSE
Lighthouse
Whitlocks Mill Light, Calais
63 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.
0.6 miN
Museum, Science museum, History museum
Holmes Cottage, Calais
16 min walk • 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.
1 miNW
Bridge
Ferry Point International Bridge, St. Stephen
27 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.
0.6 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Calais Observatory, Calais
16 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 ...