Built 1854 (1854) NRHP Reference # 86002468 Area 1,200 m² | Built by Joseph Seavey Opened 1854 Added to NRHP 11 September 1986 | |
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Location 580 Ocean St., South Portland, Maine Architectural style Gothic Revival, Carpenter Gothic Similar Spring Point Ledge Li, Portland Breakwater Light, Willard Beach | ||
The Seavey-Robinson House is an historic house built in the Carpenter Gothic style in South Portland, Maine. Built c. 1854-57, it is a rare example of a Carpenter Gothic cottage, originally built in a rural setting, since urbanized. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Description and history
The Seavey-Robinson House is located in southern South Portland, on the east side of Ocean Street (Maine State Route 77 at the southeastern corner with Spear Avenue. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. The cornice and rake edge of the gable are decorated with delicate vergeboard that has an acorn motif. The main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a gabled cornice with cresting and vergeboard decoration. Windows are topped by bracketed cornices. An open veranda extends across the front, its balustrade also with delicate woodwork.
The home is a rare surviving farm cottage is what is now an urban section of South Portland. It was built ca. 1854-1857 by Joseph Seavey, the original owner and a carpenter, and served as a display for his construction abilities. The house was purchased in 1864 by Elipalet Robinson, whose family owned it into the 20th century.