Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
This building, one of the oldest in Phippsburg in 1910, was known as the Square House. Built for John Lowell about 1790, it was just south of the site of Fort Augusta and a little to the north of the Aliquippa Hotel. After John Lowell’s son Tallman built the hotel in 1826, the Square House was referred to as the annex or cottage.
Sawn lumber for the Square House came from the early Morse sawmill at North Creek, which was later moved to Winnegance. For many years the house remained in the Lowell family. It was eventually torn down for a new house site.
Fort Augusta was a small stone fort built by Dr. Oliver Noyes to protect the small fishing village called Augusta. The Pejepscot Proprietors established the village at Small Point Harbor in 1716. The 100-square-foot fort was garrisoned from 1718 to 1721 and then abandoned.
About This Item
- Title: Fort Augusta and annex at Small Point, Phippsburg, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Small Point, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.102465
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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