Richardson House (Brunswick, Maine)

The Richardson House, also known as the Captain

George McManus House, is a historic house at 11 Lin-
coln Street in Brunswick, Maine. Built in 1857, it is a ne
local example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate ar-
chitecture in brick. McManus, for whom it was built,
was a prominent local ships captain.[2] It was listed on
the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] For
a time, it housed the museum of the Pejepscot Historical
Society.

1 Description and history

The Richardson House stands on the north side of Lincoln
Street, just west of the towns business district. It is a
two story brick building, with a hip roof and a granite
foundation. The roof cornice is broad and studded with
irregularly spaced Italianate brackets, with a line of dentil
moulding. The street-facing facade is three bays wide,
all windows, with the Colonial Revival entrance set in a
projection to the left, under a at-roofed porch supported
by square paneled pillars. The windows of the second
oor are set in round-arch openings, with a shallow iron
balcony extending across all three.[2]
The house was built in 1857 for George McManus, a
master mariner who lived here until his death in 1864.
It is one of the regions nest examples of transitional
Greek Revival-Italianate design, but its architect is un-
known. In the mid-20th century it was owned by the lo-
cally prominent Richardson family, and it served for a
number of years as the parsonage for St. Pauls Episco-
pal Church.[2] It thereafter housed the museum collection
for the Pejepscot Historical Society for a time; its collec-
tions are now in the Skoleld-Whittier House.

2 See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cum-
berland County, Maine

3 References
[1] National Park Service (2010-07-09). National Register
Information System. National Register of Historic Places.
National Park Service.
[2] NRHP nomination for Richardson House (PDF). Na-
tional Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

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