National Register of Historic Places

Bourne Mansion

Kennebunk, York County, Maine
Listed
January 24, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80000381

About this property

The Bourne Mansion is a historic house at 8 Bourne Street in Kennebunk, Maine, United States. Built in 1812, it is a fine local example of Federal architecture. It was owned for many years by members of the locally prominent Bourne family. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1980. The Bourne Mansion is set on the west side of Bourne Street, in a small residential area north of United States Route 1 in the town center. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a low-pitch hip roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The main facade faces south, and is five bays wide, with a central entrance flanked by sidelight windows and Tuscan pilasters, and is topped by a fan-light window. Above this entrance is a Palladian window. There is a secondary entrance on the street-facing eastern facade, with Ionic pilasters supporting an entablature, with a fanlight just below. A single-story addition, built in the late 19th century, extends to the north. The interior has retained its elegant Federal finish, including a wide central hallway and a fine central spiral staircase. The side hall leading to the eastern entrance has a particularly fine carved arched niche for housing a tall clock. When John Parsons, a successful merchant, built the house in 1812, he copied his wife's house in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The house was sold to the Sewall family in 1815, and was bequeathed by Mrs. William Sewall to her nephew, Edward Bourne, Jr. in the late 19th century. The Bournes are a historically old family of Kennebunk, with a long line of civic and economically significant actors. National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine

Location

8 Bourne St.
Kennebunk, York County, Maine
43.38927, -70.54068

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When was Bourne Mansion listed on the National Register?

Bourne Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Bourne Mansion?

Bourne Mansion is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bourne Mansion is recorded as the industrial era.

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