Isaac H. Evans, Rockland

Name: Isaac H. Evans
Address: Rockland, United States

#8 among attractions in Rockland

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Isaac H. Evans, originally Boyd N. Sheppard, is a two-masted schooner berthed in Rockland, Maine. She is a Maine windjammer, serving the tourist trade. Built in 1886 in Mauricetown, New Jersey, she is the oldest of a small number of surviving oyster schooners, used in service of the oyster harvesting industry in the coastal waters of New Jersey. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992. ()

Coordinates: 44°6'32"N, 69°6'32"W

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Isaac H. Evans – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rockland Residential Historic District, Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine Lighthouse Museum, American Eagle.

0.4 miSW
Park, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Rockland Residential Historic District, Rockland
10 min walk • The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.
0.4 miS
Museum, Historical place, Art museum
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland
11 min walk • The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art.
0.5 miS
44°6'8"N • 69°6'28"W
Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland
13 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Lighthouse
~1770 ftNE
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American Eagle, Rockland
9 min walk • The American Eagle, originally Andrew and Rosalie, is a two-masted schooner serving the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine. Launched in 1930 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, she was the last auxiliary schooner to be built in that port, and one of Gloucester's last sail-powered fishing vessels.
0.4 miS
Cinema, Concerts and shows, Theater
Strand Theatre, Rockland
11 min walk • The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive.
~1310 ftSE
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Stephen Taber, Rockland
7 min walk • Stephen Taber is a two-masted schooner, built in 1871, operating as a "windjammer" in the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine.
0.4 miS
44°6'12"N • 69°6'28"W
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland
11 min walk • Museum, Art museum
1 miS
44°5'39"N • 69°6'17"W
The Coastal Children's Museum, Rockland
27 min walk • Museum, Children's museum, Science museum
~1170 ftS
Lighthouse
American Lighthouse Foundation, Rockland
6 min walk • The American Lighthouse Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in 1994 with a primary mission of lighthouse preservation.
0.4 miS
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Farnsworth Homestead, Rockland
11 min walk • The Farnsworth Homestead is a historic house museum at 21 Elm Street in Rockland, Maine. Built in 1854 by William A. Farnsworth, it is an excellent late example of Greek Revival architecture, and was the home of Lucy Farnsworth, the major benefactor of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which owns the house and operates it as a museum property.
~900 ftSE
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J. & E. Riggin, Rockland
5 min walk • The schooner J. & E. Riggin, a National Historic Landmark, was built on the Maurice River in Dorchester, New Jersey in 1927. She is one of a small number of surviving two-masted schooners, once one of the most common sailing ships in North American waters.

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Which popular attractions are close to Isaac H. Evans?

Nearby attractions include Rankin Block, Rockland (3 min walk), J. & E. Riggin, Rockland (5 min walk), American Lighthouse Foundation, Rockland (6 min walk), Stephen Taber, Rockland (7 min walk).