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Sunnycroft (Limerick, Maine)

Coordinates: 43°41′22″N 70°47′40″W / 43.68944°N 70.79444°W / 43.68944; -70.79444
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Sunnycroft
Sunnycroft (Limerick, Maine) is located in Maine
Sunnycroft (Limerick, Maine)
Sunnycroft (Limerick, Maine) is located in the United States
Sunnycroft (Limerick, Maine)
LocationLocust Hill, Limerick, Maine
Coordinates43°41′22″N 70°47′40″W / 43.68944°N 70.79444°W / 43.68944; -70.79444
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.84000335[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1984

Sunnycroft is a historic house on Locust Hill in the center of Limerick, Maine. Built in 1921–22, it is a picturesque and rambling exposition of Colonial Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Description

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Sunnycroft is a 2+12-story wood-frame house, resting on a fieldstone foundation. It is located on Locust Hill, a high spot overlooking the center of Limerick, and its foundation is exposed on the east side. The southern facade has a significantly projecting gabled portico, supported by two-story fluted Doric columns. This portico has a modillioned cornice, and a fanlight window in the gable pediment. Underneath this portico, the main entry is framed by a smaller portico, which is supported by paired Doric columns (one each square and round), and topped by a balustrade with urn-topped posts.[2]

The eastern facade of the house has a porte-cochere. The building has much asymmetrical styling, including semicircular and oval windows, and a number of single-story additions that gives the building a rambling quality, and an architectural sophistication unusual in a rural setting. The house was built by Charles G. Moulton.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Sunnycroft". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-07.