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Tours of Lubec and Cobscook
Interpretive history, farm, art and
nature tours
The Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment (APPLE)
24 Water Street at Northern Tides
Lubec, ME 04652
Tel: 207-733-2997
Open: 7 days a week, in season.
Toll free within the U.S: 1-888-347-9302
Email: tourinfo@ptc-me.net
LUBEC WALKING TOUR AND OTHER PLACES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
The sites included on the self-guided Lubec Walking Tour (LWT), include a broad range of architectural styles, including Federalist, Victorian and Greek Revival. Several sites appear on the National Register of Historic Places. The average walking time for the tour is two hours.
Lubec Walking Tour (LWT) beginning at:
1 LWT McCurdy Fish Company Complex
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Next to the Mulholland Market building on Water Street, this was the centerpiece of the McCurdy Fish Company, and at its closing in 1991, was perhaps the last smoked-herring facility in the U.S. On the National Register of Historic Places, the smokehouse is a remnant of a once thriving industry. To the left of the building is an information tablet.
Not open to the Public
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2 LWT Breakwater Corner
2 Water Street, an information tablet describing the site is located between the corner and the breakwater. The boat landing and the commercial pier can be seen from this location. Local legend tells that at this point at low tide, Benedict Arnold met and spoke with his friends in the U.S., following his defection to Britain and later residence in nearby St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
3 LWT Memorial Park and Monument Lawn
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Main Street, includes the Civil War statue and cannons, indicating the various battles of the Civil War in which Maine regiments were represented, and a Veterans’ Honor Roll, identifying Lubec citizens who served their country from the Revolutionary War to the present. Directly across Main Street is the Bandstand used on Memorial day and Fourth of July, and Cleaves Tavern, 3 Pleasant Street, one of the oldest buildings in Lubec.
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4 LWT 1 Pike Lane
30 Main Street - this grand Victorian 20-room house was built by Bion and Elizabeth Pike in 1894 and still remains in the Pike family. Once the home of Sumner Pike, who was appointed by friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the first chairman of newly formed Atomic Energy Commission, the house was originally painted tan with brown trim and shutters. Later the ginger- bread trim was removed, rooms were added on the northwest corner and the porch rebuilt to its present enclosed design.
Not Open to the Public
5 LWT Tucker House
34 Main Street - this house, built in 1822, is a Federal style duplex, of which only a few still exist in Maine. Notice the fan windows over the two front doors. On the National Register of Historic Places.
Not Open to the Public
6 LWT Congregational Christian Church (First Christian Church)
Church Street - Federal style (1820), built by the Parish Society, First Christian Church was the first church building in Lubec. The original steeple was destroyed by the Saxby Gale of 1869. A replacement of the same pattern (but 15' shorter) was erected in 1872.
Christian Temple Church across from the Congregational Church on Main Street was built in 1861.
The original Catholic Church was once beside the Christian Temple Church and was later relocated further down, on lower Church Street.
7 LWT Peacock Fire Museum
40 School Street - located adjacent to the town office and fire department, this is the home of the “Torrent”, a hand-propelled pumper acquired in 1889, and other historic fire-fighting equipment.
8 LWT Johnson House
35 School Street - of Greek Revival style, built in 1820, with a Colonial Revival verandah (circa 1900). On the National Register of Historic Places, this was built by Jeremiah Fowler for his bride-to-be, who died before arriving in Lubec.
Not open to the Public
9 LWT Pike House, Ann
36 School Street - directly across from the Johnson House, this home was built in 1845 in the Greek Revival style. Its extensive lawns result from its earlier use as a dairy farm.
Not open to the Public
10 LWT Peacock House
27 Summer Street - build in 1860 by William Trott, a sea captain from Bedford, England. It passed to Robert Peacock by marriage and four generations of Peacocks lived here. At present it is operated as a Bed and Breakfast by the Baker family.
OTHER PLACES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST IN
LUBEC
Lubec Historical Society Building
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On Route 189, close to town and opposite the town cemetery. This building is the old Company store for the Columbian Packing Co., and is now the headquarters of the Lubec Historical Society Inc.
Open to the Public
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Gold from Sea Water
Next to the Lubec Historical Society on Rt. 189 there is an exhibit of the Gold from Sea Water ‘extraction process’. And, on North Lubec Road, drive 1.4 miles to site of gold factory #1 and drive 2.9 miles to site of gold factory #2. Both are locations of interest to those who may have heard or read about this nefarious enterprise.
West Quoddy Head Light and Visitor Center
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In South Lubec, 4.7 miles from Rt. 189. Easternmost Light House and point of land in the continental United States. Visitor Center, Museum, park, picnic area, hiking trails. The Light Tower is open to the public on one Saturday in June when the U.S. Coastguard permits and supervises entry into the tower.
Visitor Center - Open to the Public, Bus Tours Welcome
From Saturday before Memorial Day through mid-October
7 days per week from 10 AM to 4 PM
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Lawrence House, Edward
North Lubec Road - Queen Anne Victorian house (1885). Hip roof with a cross- gable, and a turret.
Not open to the Public
Lawrence House, Elias
North Lubec Road - Queen Anne Victorian architecture (1900). Almost identical to the Edward Lawrence House, it has a three-storey tower.
Not open to the Public
Mill Creek Cemetery
North Lubec Road, 2.95 miles from Route 189, this is one of the earliest cemeteries in the then-most-populated area of Lubec. It contains the cemetery stone of the first white child born in Lubec.
Open to the Public
Yeaton (Revolutionary War Burial Site), Hopley
North Lubec Road (check with Lubec Town Office for exact location). Former resting place of Captain Hopley Yeaton. Hopley Yeaton was the first commissioned officer, in the newly-formed Revenue Service, by President Washington. He is considered to be the father of the U.S. Coast Guard, and was also one of the founders of the Eastern Lodge #7, Masonic Lodge of Eastport in 1801. On August 29, 1979, the Coast Guard removed Yeaton's remains and placed them in the Coast Guard Academy Chapel. The headstone and marker were placed by the Daughters of American Revolution.
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