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Introduction
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Fort Kent Block House
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Fort Kent Railroad Station
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Acadian Landing
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Saint David Church
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Mont-Carmel
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Acadian Village
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Maison Héritage
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Michaud House

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National Register of Historic Places

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This 50,000-gallon water tank and railroad station house built in 1910 by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, and the Pullman company "Troop Sleeper Car" built in 1943 form the core of the Frenchville Historical Society. Both structures are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Local efforts to nominate properties to the National Register of Historic Places, as well as conversion of buildings to public museums, indicate a strong local appreciation of distinctive architectural features. Historic buildings that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or preserved by local historical societies fall within the following contexts:

  • domesticóhistoric houses in St. Agatha (St. Agatha Historical Society), Madawaska (Madawaska Historical Society), and Van Buren (Notre HÈritage Vivant/Our Living Heritage and private individual);
  • religiousóSt. David Catholic Church (active) in Madwaska and the former church in Lille (LíAssociation culturelle et historique du Mont-Carmel);
  • transportationórailroad station in Fort Kent (Fort Kent Historical Society), railroad water tower and caboose in Frenchville (Frenchville Historical Society), and railroad-related building in Van Buren (Notre HÈritage Vivant/Our Living Heritage.);
  • educationóschoolhouses in Madawaska (Madawaska Historical Society) and Van Buren (Notre HÈritage Vivant/Our Living Heritage.); and
  • militaryóFort Kent blockhouse (Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation).

Eight properties within the study area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The majority are open to the public as museums or historic sites. They are presented starting at Fort Kent and moving downstream to Van Buren, Maine.

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Ray Morin of St. David shows how a barrel is assembled. American Folklife Center photograph by David Whitman, 1991.

 

  
Ray Morin of St. David shows how a barrel is assembled. American Folklife Center photograph by David Whitman, 1991.
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