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Description
This house on Saco Street in Westbrook was built in 1810 by Major William Valentine, a blacksmith. He started a nail factory at the Main Street end of the Brown Street bridge and also ran a grocery store.
Valentine's son Leander was Westbrook's first mayor.
About This Item
- Title: Valentine House, Westbrook, ca. 1892
- Creation Date: circa 1892
- Subject Date: circa 1892
- Location: Westbrook, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photograph, lantern slide
- Local Code: Coll. 4025
- Collection: Ernest R. Rowe photograph collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Dwellings--Maine--Westbrook
- Houses--Maine--Westbrook
- Mayors--Maine--Westbrook
- Saco Street (Westbrook, Me.)
- Valentine, Leander--Homes and haunts--Maine--Westbrook
- Valentine, William--Homes and haunts--Maine--Westbrook
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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