Historic New England

Baluster

Painted gray.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 449

Accession Number: 1935.881

Baluster

Spiral fluted; painted cream.

Date: ca. 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 450

Accession Number: 1955.15

Baluster

Simple unturned dowel-type baluster for stair. Painted cream.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 451

Accession Number: 1959.238

Baluster

Simple turning; painted white.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 452

Accession Number: 1959.246

Baluster

Painted white.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 453

Accession Number: 1959.36

Baluster

Painted white over olive-grey.

Date: ca. 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 454

Accession Number: 1959.60

Baluster

Rectangular; bevelled one end, dovetailed the other; numerous layers of paint, blue outermost.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, dovetail joints, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 455

Accession Number: 1960.6FG

Baluster

Unturned baluster with pale orange over grey over white paint.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 456

Accession Number: 1960.12E

Newel

Twisted; mahogany finish; broken turning at bottom.

Date: ca. 1749

Maker: Knowlton, Abraham, Mr. (Maker)

Material: softwood

GUSN: 457

Accession Number: 1964.402A

Baluster

Twisted balusters with original mahogany-colored finish.

Date: ca. 1749

Maker: Knowlton, Abraham, Mr. (Maker)

Material: hardwood

GUSN: 458

Accession Number: 1964.402BC

Baluster

Unfinished; bevel at both ends.

Date: 1727

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, hardwood

GUSN: 459

Accession Number: 1969.116

Baluster

Painted green.

Date: ca. 1771

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 460

Accession Number: 1970.281A-F

Baluster

Bevel and tenon on both ends. Unfinished.

Date: ca. 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, carving (processes), hardwood

GUSN: 461

Accession Number: 1947.194

Baluster

Some black paint.

Date: ca. 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 462

Accession Number: 1977.184.1-2

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters of various sizes and patterns, mostly turned.

Date: 1900 C-1920 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 463

Accession Number: 1923.376

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters of various sizes and patterns, many are turned.

Date: 1900 C-1920 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 464

Accession Number: 1923.377

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters in various sizes and patterns; many of them are turned.

Date: 1900 ?-1923 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 465

Accession Number: 1923.378

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters in various sizes and patterns; many of them are turned.

Date: 1900 ?-1923 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 466

Accession Number: 1923.379

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters in various sizes and patterns; many of them are turned.

Date: 1900 ?-1923 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 467

Accession Number: 1923.380

Baluster

Unfinished reproduction balusters in various sizes and patterns; many of them are turned.

Date: 1900 ?-1923 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 468

Accession Number: 1923.381

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 469

Accession Number: 1923.382

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 470

Accession Number: 1923.383

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 471

Accession Number: 1923.384

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 472

Accession Number: 1923.385

Baluster

Reproduction blauster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 473

Accession Number: 1923.386

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 474

Accession Number: 1923.387

Baluster

No description

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 475

Accession Number: 1923.388

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 476

Accession Number: 1923.389

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 477

Accession Number: 1923.390

Baluster

Reproduction baluster.

Date: 1900-1923

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 478

Accession Number: 1923.391

Leaded, stained glass window in 8 sections; each section (except one) has consecutively smaller leaded glass squares and one of two scrolled or foliate patterned centers; glass is translucent blue, pink, green, yellow or white.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), lead (metal), softwood

GUSN: 479

Accession Number: 1933.1922.1

Door

4-panel; profiled each side; brown over yellow on face and yellow on other side. All original hardware intact; two hinges, knobs and keyhole covers.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 481

Accession Number: 1960.14

Cornice

A section of cornice with frieze on which reeded portions alternate with plain sections; pateras have been incised onto plain sections of frieze; Above there is a band of carved ornamental drops each ending in two guttae; white paint.

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 482

Accession Number: 1960.47

Mantel

A fireplace mantel painted white with a single frieze and flanking imposts showing still-life reliefs. Also has a single central oval with composition bands of trim and a Greek key pattern in the cornice zones.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Architect)

Material: composition (material), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 483

Accession Number: 1975.122

Doorhead

Gently curving overdoor frieze with composition ornament; raised rectangular elements at either end have oval patera on them. On the frieze there are composition swags. Above is a small-scale acanthus-leaf molding in composition, then a row of wooden dentils, then a divided bead molding, then a de...

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: Morton, Perez, 1751-1837 (Carpenter)

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), composition (material), molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 484

Accession Number: 1923.394

Old Kittery, 1647-1947.

36 p.

Date: 1947]

Creators: Kittery (Me.). 300th Anniversary Publication Committee.

GUSN: 148162

Call Number: Stacks F29.K6 K63

Ghosts in American houses / James Reynolds.

viii, 229 p., [3] leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1955.

Creators: Reynolds, James, 1891-

GUSN: 148163

Call Number: Stacks BF1475.R38

Portland. [Architecture text, Patricia McGraw Pancoast. History text, Josephine H. Detmer. Project director, Jane Smith Moody.

236 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: 1972]

Creators: Pancoast, Patricia McGraw. Detmer, Josephine H. Moody, Jane Smith. Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc.

GUSN: 148164

Call Number: Stacks F29.P9 G76

America and her almanacs; wit, wisdom, & weather, 1639-1970, by Robb Sagendorph.

318 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., maps, ports. 25 cm.

Date: 1970]

Creators: Sagendorph, Robb Hansell.

GUSN: 148165

Call Number: Stacks AY31.A1 S2

The proprietors of Saco and a brief sketch of the years following the first settlement of the town, also a little about an old bank in Saco, Maine.

59 p. illus. 18 cm.

Date: 1931.

Creators: Deering, Frank Cutter, 1866-1938.

GUSN: 148166

Call Number: Stacks F29.S1 D5

Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears.

xiii, 298 p., illus.

Date: 1944.

Creators: Sears, Clara Endicott, 1863- comp.

GUSN: 148167

Call Number: Stacks BX9766.S4 1944

History of the town of Waldoboro, Maine, by Samuel L. Miller.

281 p. front. (port.) plates. 23 cm.

Date: 1910]

Creators: Miller, Samuel Llewellyn, 1844-

GUSN: 148168

Call Number: Stacks F29.W1 M6

The old merchants of New York City, by Walter Barrett, clerk.

5v. in 3. 20cm.

Date: 1870 [c1862-66]

Creators: Scoville, Joseph Alfred, 1815-1864.

GUSN: 148169

Call Number: Stacks HF3163.N7 S3 1870 v.2 pt.1

Historical collections, being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions. Illustrated by 200 engravings. By John Warner Barber.

viii, [9]-624 p. illus., plates, fold. map. 23 cm.

Date: 1839.

Creators: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.

GUSN: 148170

Call Number: Stacks F64.B23 (and 2 more)

Historical collections : being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, & c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions; illustrated by 200 engravings / by John Warner Barber.

632 p., 17 leaves of plates : ill., 1 folding col. map. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1840, c1839.

Creators: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.

GUSN: 148171

Call Number: Stacks F64.B2 1840

Hydesville in history [by] M.E. Cadwallader.

62 p. illus. 20 cm.

Date: 1917.

Creators: Cadwallader, Mary E., Mrs.

GUSN: 148172

Call Number: Stacks BF1283.F7 C3

The General Court of Massachusetts, 1630-1930; tercentenary exercises, commemorating its establishment three hundred years ago, and to note the progress of the commonwealth under nine generations of lawmakers held at the State House, Boston, Massachusetts, at a special session in the chamber of the House of Representatives, Monday, October twenty, nineteen thirty, eleven o'clock.

123 p. front., plates, ports. 26 cm.

Date: c1931]

Creators: Bacon, Gaspar Griswold, 1886-1947. Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892- Allen, Frank Gilman, 1874- Rugg, Arthur Prentice, 1862-1938. Massachusetts. General Court.

GUSN: 148173

Call Number: Stacks KFM2912.A8

Historic Fredericksburg; the story of an old town.

200 p. plates.

Date: [c1922]

Creators: Goolrick, John T. (John Tackett), 1844-1926.

GUSN: 148174

Call Number: Stacks F234.F8 G6

Commonwealth history of Massachusetts, colony, province and state.

5 v. facsims., maps, ports. 25 cm.

Date: 1927-30.

Creators: Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943, ed.

GUSN: 148175

Call Number: Stacks F64.H32 vol.1 (and 4 more)

Here lies Virginia : an archaeologist's view of colonial life and history / by Ivor Noèel Hume.

xix, 316, viii p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: c1963.

Creators: Noèel Hume, Ivor.

GUSN: 148176

Call Number: Stacks F229.N83 1974

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