Downeast and Acadia
Visiting Cherryfield, Columbia Falls, Machias, and Machiasport's Bicentennial Homes and Places
Tour Highlights
This tour shares pre-statehood homes and a few other structures along and around Route 1 between Cherryfield and Machiasport.
Getting Started
This tour starts adjacent to 10 Rt 1 in Cherryfield. The tour route is approximately 35 miles and will take roughly 2 hours.
- Each tour stop on the map's address is linked to Google Maps so you can swiftly navigate from location-to-location if you choose Google for mapping. You can also use the address in your car's navigation system.
Be safe and aware of your surroundings whilst driving.
- Many properties on the tour are private places; be respectful of private property and remain on the public way at all times.
Except as otherwise noted in the tour, the source for information about the properties has been gathered from each one’s National Register of Historic Places nomination.
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John Bucknam House
Built ca. 1792, Georgian
The John Bucknam House is a two-and-a-half-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof and is an example of late Georgian architecture.
The house was built by one of the area's first non-native settlers, John Bucknam. Bucknam arrived in the area in the 1760s and exploited the area's extensive timber resources, building a sawmill and expanding the small settlement. He also served in the local militia during the American Revolutionary War, mustering for duty in 1777 and 1779. He died, at age 46, not long after building this house. The house is large and quite detailed for its time and rural location and includes well-preserved original woodwork.
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