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Description
The Cary House was built by Carys in the early 1800s. It was a center of social events for army officers at Hancock Barracks (1828-1845) during the period of the Border Dispute and the Bloodless Aroostook War.
Shepard Cary was a merchant, lumber baron, Maine State Legislator, and U.S. Representative.
About This Item
- Title: Cary House, Military Street, Houlton, ca. 1925
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Location: Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 14 cm
- Object Type: Image
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- Houses--Maine--Houlton
- Dwellings--Maine--Houlton
- Cary, Shepard, 1805-1866--Homes and haunts--Maine--Houlton
- Cary family
- Aroostook War, 1839
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Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum109 Main Street, Houlton, ME 04730
207-532-4216
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Sutler agreement with Shepard Cary, Houlton, 1837
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