Home > Maine > Brunswick > Bowdoin College, Massachusetts Hall, Bath Street, Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
B&W Photos
HB628332
BWPhotos 087727
| 
HB628333
BWPhotos 087728
| 
HB628334
BWPhotos 087729
| 
HB628335
BWPhotos 087730
|
HB628336
BWPhotos 087731
| 
HB628337
BWPhotos 087732
| 
HB628338
BWPhotos 087733
| 
HB628339
BWPhotos 087734
|
HB628340
BWPhotos 087735
| 
HB628341
BWPhotos 087736
|
Data Pages
Drawings
Item Title
LocationBath Street,
Brunswick, ME
Find maps of Brunswick, ME
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS ME-109
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-50).
Building/structure dates:
1798 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1873 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1936 subsequent work
Significance: Construction of Massachusetts Hall was begun in 1798 under the direction of Samuel and Aaron Melcher and possibly others. It was completed in 1803. When Bowdoin opened in 1802 this building was occupied by the new students and by President Joseph McKeen and his family. The structure was extensively remodeled in 1873 to house the collections of Parker Cleaveland. In 1936, extensive changes of both the interior and exterior occurred under the direction of Felix A. Burton, architect, of Boston.
Subjects
"Mission 66" ProgramBrick BuildingsColleges & Universities
Related Names
Melcher, Samuel
Chandler, Peleg W.
Melcher, Aaron
Burton, Felix A.
Cleaveland, Parker
Martin, A. C.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Back to Brunswick, Maine
Cart