Auburn, Maine
Appearance
Auburn is a small city in south-central Maine, United States. The city is the county seat of Androscoggin County.[1] The population was 24,061 at the 2020 census. Auburn and its sister city Lewiston are known locally as the Twin Cities or Lewiston–Auburn (L–A).
National Register of Historic Places
[change | change source]Auburn has 20 listings on the National Register of Historic Places they are listed below.
- A. A. Garcelon House (1890)
- Androscoggin County Courthouse and Jail (1857)
- Auburn Public Library (1903)
- Barker Mill (1873)
- Charles A. Jordan House (1880)
- Charles L. Cushman House (1889)
- Edward Little House (1827)
- Engine House (1879)
- First Universalist Church (1876)
- Frank L. Dingley House (1867)
- Free Baptist Church
- Gay-Munroe House (1878)
- Holman Day House (1895)
- Horace Munroe House (1899)
- Horatio G. Foss House (1914)
- Lamoreau Site
- Main Street Historic District
- Roak Block (1871)
- William A. Robinson House (1874)
- William Briggs Homestead (1797)
Sites of interest
[change | change source]- Androscoggin Historical Society & Museum—artifacts of local history, Civil War memorabilia, farming tools and a bird collection
- Auburn Fire Department Museum—a collection of antique fire equipment from the city
- Festival Plaza, completed in 2002—public park and performance space along the Androscoggin River. Two public water sculptures designed by artist Ross Miller operate seasonally – the Falls Fountain, that references the Androscoggin River and Native American legends of being able to hide behind the falls; and the Shoe Fountain, a series of cast bronze shoes recalling the early shoe manufacturing history of the area. A map of the Androscoggin River is cast into the plaza with colored concrete.
- Good Shepherd Food Bank distributes food to agencies across the state from its main warehouse in Auburn
- Hamster Point—Majestic river side gardens
- Knight House Museum (1796) – the oldest frame house downtown, with a pre-1835 handwork shoe shop
- Auburn Mall
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.