Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1833/00/00 | Blaine House is built for retired ship's captain James Hall. | |||||
1862/00/00 | James G Blaine | Home | James G Blaine buys the Hall house as a present for his wife, the former Harriet Stanwood, daughter of a prominent Augusta family. | |||
1865/08/28 | Margaret Blaine Damrosch | Born | Margaret Blaine is born in Augusta, Maine. | |||
1871/10/29 | Harriet Blaine Beale | Born | Harriet Stanwood Blaine, wife of James G Blaine, gives birth to a daughter, Harriet Stanwood Blaine, in Augusta, Maine. | |||
1872/00/00 | William Masters Camac | Architect | Over a ten year period, Blaine's make numerous changes to their Augusta home, including a rear (western) addition that nearly doubles the size of the house. | |||
1896/03/22 | Walker Blaine Beale | Born | Harriet Blaine Beale, wife of Truxtun Beale, gives birth to a son, Walker Blaine Beale, at her parents home in Maine. | |||
1919/00/00 | Harriet Blaine Beale | Benefactor | Harriet Blaine Beale, daughter of James and Harriet Blaine and mother of First Lietenant, US Army, 310th Infantry Regiment-78th Division, Walker Blaine Beale, donates the mansion in honor of Walker, killed in action on the fields of Xammes during WWI. | |||
1919/07/00 | John Calvin Stevens | Architect | Blaine House is renovated and a second addition constructed at the rear of the first. | |||
1920/01/00 | Olmsted Brothers Partners and Associates: 1898-1961 | Landscape Architect | Governor Carl E Miliken, first chief executive to live on the premises, commissions the Olmsted Brothers to design the landscape. |
Particulars for James G Blaine House: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Owner | State |
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