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Old Berwick Historical Society
Counting House Museum
PO Box 296
South Berwick, ME 03908
(207) 384-0000

Inquiries:
Done by Volunteers

Webmaster:
Herbert W. Geiler

Last Updated:
6/12/2007

Old Berwick Historical Society

House & Garden Tour

Ginny Alterio and Warren Spencer could be our most historic members! They are descendants of Thomas Spencer and Patience Chadbourne, who were married in the early 1600s. Ginny and Warren both have houses on the 2004 house tour, not far from the ancient site of their ancestors.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Benefits the
Counting House Museum and
Programs of the Old Berwick Historical Society

SHOREY FARM,
c. 1860

4 Vine Street
Residence of
Frank and Martha Patstone

A delightful historic home beautifully restored and decorated for 21st century family living.

JUDGE CHADBOURNE HOUSE, 1770

Corner Vine Street and Liberty Street
Residence of Marc and Virginia Smith Alterio

Home of one of the settlement's founding families, with original features meticulously maintained by the Judge's descendants

EASINGWOLD, 1994

94 Emery's Bridge Rd.
Residence of Conrad and Nicole St. Pierre

Built with the past in mind, this home is owned by a decorative painter whose playful faux finishes wait to surprise you.

THE HOUSE AT CHASE'S FIELD, 1981

46 Witchtrot Rd
Residence of Dave and Mary Stansfield

A 20th century home in an 18th century style and setting.
Designed and built by the owners.

LIBERTY LANDING, c. 1810

9 Liberty Street
Residence of Chuck Hugo & Maya Travaglia

Originally a cape and enlarged c. 1850, this riverview house is undergoing restoration by its owner, a landscape designer.

COUNTING HOUSE, c. 1830

Corner Main and Liberty Streets
Old Berwick Historical Society

See Old Berwick Historical Society exhibits and enjoy a theatrical skit upstairs in the mill ballroom.

 

 

NASON/WALKER ESTATE, 1886

99 Portland Street
Residence of Warren and Susan Spencer

A handsome Victorian with many original features, plus hand-painted murals and a carriage house.

 

Tickets $20
at the Counting House Museum
and every house on the tour
Information: inquires@obhs.net

BONUS TOURS

The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) has invited Old Berwick house tour ticket-holders to visit the historic Hamilton House and Sarah Orne Jewett House on the day of the house tour.

SARAH ORNE JEWETT HOUSE,1774

Main and Portland Streets
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Writer Sarah Orne Jewett spent much of her life in this stately Georgian residence, owned by her family since the early 1800s. The view from her desk in the second-floor hall surveys the town's major intersection and provided her with material for her books, such as The Country of the Pointed Firs, which describe the character of the Maine countryside and seacoast with accuracy and affection.

HAMILTON HOUSE, c. 1785

Vaughan's Lane
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Over 100 years ago, the Tyson family, friends of Sarah Orne Jewett, restored one of New England's fine old houses built during the prosperous years following the American Revolution. With elegant antiques, painted murals, and simple country furnishings, they created a romantic interpretation of America's colonial past on a magnificent site overlooking the Salmon Falls River.

BOOKLETS AND MAPS of local historical interest and are on sale at the Counting House Museum.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, interior photos are strictly forbidden.
No spike heels, please.

House tour brochures made possible by a grant from KENNEBUNK SAVINGS BANK.