Cultural History

Cultural History. . , Eastport's downtown Historic District is an architectural treasure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 18th and 19th century shipbuilding industry brought in the resources to create our historically significant residential district of sea captains' homes. By 1833 Eastport was second only to New York City as a trading port. The downtown suffered three major fires in 1839, 1864, and 1886, the last of which shaped its current, unique Italianate architectural look. Peavey Memorial Library was built in 1893 in a Romanesque Revival style. , Eastport has the oldest contiuously operating ship chandlery, stone-ground mustard mill and boat school in the United States., The Tides Institute and Museum of Art exhibits art of the United States/Canada northeast coa Coast. Its cross-border cultural collections focus on Passamaquoddy Bay., Looking north on Water Street from Bank Square. Circa 1875. Photo by Davis Loring. Courtesy of “The Quoddy Tides”., Looking north on Water Street from Bank Square after the Great Fire. Circa 1900. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Hollis Mathews., Looking north on Water Street following the Great Fire of 1886. Remains of Frontier National Bank on the left and the U.S. Custom House in the center background. Photograph by Davis Loring. Courtesy of “The Quoddy Tides”., Shoveling the street after an Eastport snow storm. Photograph courtesy of “The Quoddy Tides”.