Conway House, Camden

Name: Conway House
Address: Camden, United States

#15 among attractions in Camden

Museum, History museum

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The Conway House is an historic house and museum in Rockport and Camden, Maine. Probably built in the 1770s, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Knox County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. ()

Built: 1775 (249 years ago)Coordinates: 44°12'1"N, 69°4'52"W

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Camden United States

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Conway House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Lewis R. French, Surprise, Camden Great Fire Historic District.

1 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport
27 min walk • Founded in 1952, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art is a contemporary arts institution, presenting a year-round program of changing exhibitions featuring the work of emerging and established artists with ties to Maine.
1.2 miNE
Nature and wildlife tours, Ship, Historical and heritage tours
Lewis R. French, Camden
30 min walk • Lewis R. French is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner sailing out of Camden, Maine as a "Maine windjammer" offering weeklong cruises to tourists.
1.1 miNE
Boat tours, Ship, Eco tours
Surprise, Camden
29 min walk • Surprise is a two-masted former racing schooner berthed in Camden, Maine. Built in 1917-18 in Rockport, Massachusetts, she is one of a small number of surviving schooners designed by noted naval architect Thomas F. McManus.
1 miNE
Historical place, Neighbourhood
Camden Great Fire Historic District, Camden
27 min walk • The Camden Great Fire Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the central business district of the town of Camden, Maine, United States.
0.9 miNE
Opera, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Camden Opera House Block, Camden
24 min walk • The Camden Opera House Block is a historic multifunction building at 29 Elm Street in the center of Camden, Maine, United States. Built in 1893 after the town's great 1892 fire, it is one of its most prominent buildings. It houses town offices, a social meeting hall, and a 500-seat theater.
1.1 miNE
Library
Camden Public Library, Camden
29 min walk • The Camden Public Library is the public library serving Camden, Maine, United States. It is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.1 miNE
Ship
Grace Bailey, Camden
28 min walk • Grace Bailey, also known for many years as Mattie, is a two-masted schooner whose home port is Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine. Built in 1882 in Patchogue, New York, she is one of four surviving two-masted wooden-hulled schooners, once the most common vessel in the American coasting trade.
1.6 miNE
Park, Shingle style architecture
High Street Historic District, Camden
42 min walk • The High Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area of Camden, Maine. Extending along High Street, the district has maintained its character since the 1920s, despite encroaching commercialization of nearby areas, and retains a cross-section of architecture of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
1 miE
Park, Greek Revival architecture
Chestnut Street Historic District, Camden
26 min walk • The Chestnut Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential part of Camden, Maine, United States, which represents a cross-section of the town's architectural history, and of its transition from a shipping center to a summer resort community.
1.1 miNE
Ship
Mercantile, Camden
29 min walk • Mercantile is a two-masted schooner berthed in Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine. Built in the 1914-16 on Little Deer Isle, Maine, she is one of a small number of such vessels still afloat from a time when they were one of the most common cargo vessels of the coasting trade.
1 miNE
44°12'31"N • 69°3'53"W
Chestnut Street Baptist Church - Camden, Camden
26 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Church