J.L. Prescott House, North Berwick

Name: J.L. Prescott House
Address: North Berwick, United States

#1 among attractions in North Berwick

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The J.L. Prescott House is a historic house on High Street in North Berwick, Maine. Built in 1865 for a prominent local businessman, it is one of the largest and most elaborate Italianate houses in southern Maine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It has been converted into a multiunit apartment house. ()

Built: 1865 (159 years ago)Coordinates: 43°18'40"N, 70°44'21"W

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North Berwick United States

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J.L. Prescott House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Powderhouse Hill, Salmon Falls Mill Historic District, Sarah Orne Jewett House, Rollinsford Town Hall.

6.2 miSW
Winter sport, Ski area
Powderhouse Hill, South Berwick
158 min walk • Powderhouse Hill is a community ski area owned by the Town of South Berwick, Maine and operated by the all-volunteer Powderhouse Ski Club. It consist of one rope tow, and three trails: 2 intermediate and 1 beginner. Powderhouse Hill has no snowmaking thus its operation relies completely on natural snow.
6.5 miSW
Park, Greek Revival architecture
Salmon Falls Mill Historic District, South Berwick
165 min walk • The Salmon Falls Mill Historic District encompasses a historic mill complex on Front Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. The complex includes four major structures and seven smaller ones, on about 14 acres of land along the Salmon Falls River.
6.2 miSW
Historical place, Garden, Museum
Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick
158 min walk • The Sarah Orne Jewett House is a historic house museum at 5 Portland Street in South Berwick, Maine, United States. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 for its lifelong association with the American author Sarah Orne Jewett, whose influential work exemplified regional writing of the late 19th century.
6.7 miSW
City hall
Rollinsford Town Hall, South Berwick
170 min walk • Rollinsford Town Hall is located at 667 Main Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. The two-story wood-frame building was designed by New Hampshire architect Alvah T. Ramsdell, and built in 1893 to house a variety of municipal services, and an auditorium.
6.3 miSW
Museum, History museum
Jewett-Eastman House, South Berwick
162 min walk • The Jewett-Eastman House is a historic house at 37 Portland Street in the center of South Berwick, Maine. Built about 1850, it is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture.
0.5 miS
Georgian architecture
Olde Woolen Mill, North Berwick
13 min walk • The Olde Woolen Mill is a historic mill complex at Canal Street, on the Great Works River in the center of North Berwick, Maine. Built in 1862, it is the only major mill complex in the Berwick region of York County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
6.9 miSW
Universities and schools
Rollinsford Grade School, South Berwick
177 min walk • The Rollinsford Grade School is a historic school building at 487 Locust Street in Rollinsford, New Hampshire.