Bucksport in Hancock County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
Phineas Haywood House and Bucksport Small Businesses
Bucksport, Maine
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Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 12, 2024
1. Phineas Haywood House and Bucksport Small Businesses Marker
Small businesses have been anchors in Bucksport for generations, and are equally important in shaping the future of the town.
This Federal-style house, built circa 1824, belonged to Phineas Heywood, a harness maker whose store was located across the street. The house was built with bricks made from clay on the site and the 13 panes of glass in the sidelights by the front door represent the 13 original states. Today, the building is home to several small businesses.
As you look up and down Main Street, imagine the dozens of businesses that occupied downtown for generations, A snapshot of one section along Main Street in 1915 comes from a list of businesses destroyed in a fire that year:
C. B. Richards's store · Emery Hall · Patten House · P. E. Dinsmore's boot and shoe store · Albert F. Page's drug store · Mabel Robbins's millinery store · T. E. Melnnis's barber shop · W. B. Jones's printing office · Emery & Co. General Store · Dr. W. H. Farnham, dentist · W. C. Conary law offices · Frank Grindle's store · E. L. Warren insurance & customs · Old Tillock livery stable · Esther Gorham's fruit and confectionery · Crosby's shoe repair shop · T.M. Nicholson's stable
Erected by The John R. Crocker Agency. (Marker Number 11.)
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Location. 44° 34.317′ N, 68° 47.676′ W. Marker is in Bucksport, Maine, in Hancock County. It is on Main Street (Maine Route 15) east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 77 Main St, Bucksport ME 04416, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Downeast Maine and on Penobscot Bay. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also Acadia.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Phineas Heywood House (a few steps from this marker); Bucksports Fishing History (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Knox (within shouting distance of this marker); Penobscot River (within shouting distance of this marker); The Town of Bucksport (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bucksport Goes to the Movies (about 300 feet away); The Robinson House and Jed Prouty Tavern (about 400 feet away); The Penobscot Expedition (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bucksport.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 12, 2024
2. Phineas Haywood House and Bucksport Small Businesses Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
