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Description
This house was built on School Street ca. 1845 by joiner John D. Swett, who within a few years, sold it to Samuel Emerson Smith, nephew of and named after the Honorable Samuel Emerson Smith, Governor of Maine.
Samuel married Maria Copeland and moved to Thomaston, where he was cashier of George's Bank in the O’Brien and Carr Block at the corner of Main and Wadsworth Streets, built in 1852.
The view is taken from the south, looking north.
About This Item
- Title: The Swett House, Thomaston, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm
- Local Code: HousesDocumentBox 96.28
- Object Type: Image
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- Dwellings--Maine--Thomaston
- Historic buildings--Maine--Thomaston
- Houses--Maine--Thomaston
- Architecture, Domestic--Maine--Thomaston
- Joiners--Maine--Thomaston
- Carpenters--Maine--Thomaston
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- 19th century building
- bank
- cashier
- George's Bank
- Governor of Maine
- Main Street
- O'Brien and Carr Block
- School Street
- Swett House
- Thomaston business
- Thomaston joiner
- Wadsworth
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Thomaston Historical SocietyPO Box 384, Thomaston, ME 04861
(207) 354 2295
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