Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1865/00/00 | Osgood Pingree | Architect | William Sewall hires Osgood Pingree to build a simple, Greek Revival style house. Sewall's home will also serve as Island Falls first post office. | |||
1870/00/00 | William Sewall | Home | William Sewall's home is well-known for its use as an "open house" for hunters on their way further north. | |||
1872/09/00 | Theodore Roosevelt | Visitor | Roosevelt hires hunting guide William Sewall. Although they differ in age by 13 years, TR and Sewall will become close friends who "looked at the really important matters of public policy and private conduct from substantially the same viewpoint." - TR | |||
1873/09/00 | William Sewall and Theodore Roosevelt enjoy a Fall hunt in the Maine woods. | |||||
1873/09/00 | William Sewall and Theodore Roosevelt hunt in the Maine woods. | |||||
1874/09/00 | In the Fall, Theodore Roosevelt and William Sewall hunt in the Maine woods. | |||||
1878/00/00 | Theodore Roosevelt | Visitor | Theodore Roosevelt makes his last visit to William Sewall's place. |
Particulars for William Sewall House: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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