National Register of Historic Places

Breckinridge, Isabella, House

York, York County, Maine
Listed
April 27, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83000480

About this property

The Isabella Breckinridge House also known as River House, and formerly the Breckinridge Public Affairs Center of Bowdoin College, is a historic house at 201 US Route 1 in York, Maine, United States. The main house, designed by architect Guy Lowell, is a 23-room mansion which was built in 1905 for Mary Goodrich, widow of tire magnate B. F. Goodrich. It is located on a 26-acre (11 ha) estate facing the York River. The property was given to Bowdoin College by Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson in 1974, and the college operated it as a conference center until it was sold into private hands in 2004. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is one of Maine's most architecturally distinctive and unusual early 20th-century summer estate houses.

Location

York, York County, Maine
43.14081, -70.68790

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was Breckinridge, Isabella, House listed on the National Register?

Breckinridge, Isabella, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Breckinridge, Isabella, House?

Breckinridge, Isabella, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Breckinridge, Isabella, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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