WINNEGANCE  

Named from the Abenaki word for “li le portage.” It is spelled eight different ways in old deeds. Why was Winnegance like a Penny?  It had ten mills.    (1) Winnegance Bridge was the first bridge over Winnegance Creek . It was authorized to be built in 1802 by the Massachuse s Legislature and joined Bath and Phippsburg (part of

Georgetown at that me).  There were 10 dal mills located here and some dam remnants can s ll be seen to the north-east of the bridge. The Morse Sawmill (P) is now located on land at the end of Mill Road.

(2)  Winnegance School House (P) was used from 1860 to 1958 . All that remains of the one room schoolhouse is the double outhouse that is used as a storage shed. 

(3) Morse Shipyard where half of the Morse ships were built with the other half being built in Bath. The first vessel was the “Winnegance” built in 1842. The last vessel, a schooner, built in the Morse shipyard was also named the “Winnegance” and was launched in 1890 (NLE). 

(4)  Also in Winnegance Village was a store, post office, and the Suburb Civic Club Building (NLE).  (5) Winslow Quarry was located at Pitch Pine Hill. A newspaper ar cle concerning the quarry was printed on 4/6/1837 (NLE).  (6)  The Clifford Road lead to several family farms. (7)  Cold Spring Farm (P), which was built by the shipbuilding and lumber merchants of the Lee family, is on the Na onal Reg-

ister of Historic Places. The Lees arrived in December, 1773. (8)  Old Ferry Landing  where the ferry from Georgetown provided transporta on to the “West part of Town.” (9) & (10) Historic Private homes (P) including the Campbell/Hoppe house (9) and the James Morse Farm (10). (11)  Pleasant Cove Mee ng House/Presbyterian Church  was built in 1736 (NLE).  Fort Noble* was built in 1734 by Col. Ar-

thur Noble (NLE).  The site is on the Phippsburg Land Trust Noble Preserve Trail.

DROMORE – STONEYBROOK – LEE ISLAND  

One of the oldest se lements in Phippsburg. The original pe on to the Massachuse s legislature requested that the Town be named “Dromore” a er this se lement but they chose to honor one of its royal governors, Sir William Phips, who was actually a na ve of Woolwich, by naming the town “Phipsburgh.” “Stoneybrook” is also spelled on historic documents as “Stonybrook” (no “e”).

 (12)  Cu ng family brick home (P). (13) Dromore Grange (P) began in 1889 and was ac ve into the 20th century. The Post 

Office, now located in Dromore, had many earlier loca ons at the Center including at the Mino Shipyard (24), a private house on Church Lane (23), and on Route 209 across from the Cranberry Point Road.

(14) Dromore Cemetery is one of the oldest of the 102+ cemeteries in Town. (15)  Rogers Neck Ice Pond (P). Rock remains from the ice run can be seen in the gut be-

tween Rogers Neck and Lee Island. (16)  Lee’s Sawmill was located at the mouth of Dromore Creek. Lee’s Brick Yard was

said to have been located near here. Two Dromore men, Henry Cu ng and Samuel Rogers, built a small schooner in the 1800’s near Lee’s Mill (NLE).

(17)  Schools (NLE) - Dromore had two schools in 1820, the upper at Pitch Pine Hill and lower near Stoneybrook Road where there are s ll large founda on stones.  Both schools were closed in 1918 by Town mee ng vote because there were “not enough scholars.”

(18)  Frank Bowker’s Shipyard was originally located here and later moved to Phippsburg Center (NLE).  A Tannery, operated by a Norwegian named Hans Sagberg, was also located here (NLE). The Brick House (P), o en called the “Stoneybrook Manor House”, located on the corner is believed to have been made from local brick.

(19)  Lee Island*, now owned by the State of Maine, was inhabited into the first half of the 20th century. A Porgy Fish Factory was located on the southern end of the Is-land (NLE).  A Cemetery and Brick Tomb s ll exist on the island.

THE CENTER  

The “Center” is an area in the middle of Town that runs from Stoneybrook Road to the Fire Sta on and Parker Head Road to Captain John Parker Road. The first sec on of Par-ker Head Road has many historic structures.  (20)  The first house on the le was once the Parsonage for the Phippsburg Center

Church (P). (21)  The First Center School House (P) was built in 1836 and used un l 1859 (brick

building on the right). (22)  Historical Society - This was the second Center School that opened in 1859 and was

closed in 1958. It is now home of the Phippsburg Historical Society.  The Albert F. Totman Library was started in 1923 and relocated to its present site in 1986 from Route 209 next to the Center Store. The 1774 House* was built by James McCobb* and was home to Mark Langdon Hill who died there in 1842. This was later the home of Charles Mino *, owner of the Mino shipyard* and is listed on the Na-

onal Register of Historic Places. (23)  The First Town Hall (NLE) was moved to Church Lane in 1836. The Phippsburg Cen‐

ter Church* was built in 1802 and was used for Town Mee ngs from 1817 to 1837. The church was remodeled in 1846. Mark Langdon Hill was the first U.S. Congress-man, 1819-1823, from this district and is buried in the Langdon Hill Cemetery be-side the Bicentennial Linden Tree in front of the church.

(24)  Shipbuilding & Stores - The Hill, McCobb, Mino *, Bowker and Morrison Ship‐yards were located here. Remnants of the Mino and Bowker Shipyards s ll exist. Ships* from these yards carried Maine lumber to the West Indies and brought back sugar, molasses and rum, some sailed to Europe and Asia. The last wooden full-rigged ship built in North America, the Aryan, was launched from the Mino yard in 1893. The Hill/McCobb brick store was built in 1806 and was later the Mino store and post office. The first Town Mee ng (1814) of the new Town of “Phipsburgh” was held in the store. The Steamboat Landing was also located here (NLE).

(25)   Center Pond was a dal marsh and converted into a pond for the ice business. The pond level was established by the State Legislature. There is an alewife run at the causeway. The Drummond Ice Pond & Ice House (NLE) were also located here.

(26)   A dal powered Grist Mill was located here. You can s ll see the pilings. (27)   The Town Hall was built in 1881. It was originally located behind the parsonage off

the Parker Head Road. It was sold on December 23, 1969, a er the consolidated school was built and the Town office had moved there. In October 1988, it was giv-en back to the Town and moved to its current loca on where the Town’s poor farm had previously been located to become the present Town Hall. Located here is the consolidated school built in 1957-1958, Fire and Rescue Sta on built in xxxx and the Veterans and Mariners Memorial Park built and dedicated in 2001.

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PARKER HEAD  

This village was named a er John Parker who purchased the area in 1659 from the Indi-ans. Several sawmills and an ice harves ng business were located here. It was also home to many ship captains and engineers.

(28)  Steamboat Landing (P) on “Parker’s Neck”. Ships and riverboats traveling up and

down the Kennebec stopped here (NLE). (29)  The first Parker Head school was established on Parker’s Neck in 1860 and later a

replacement was built in the Village. It closed in 1958 but s ll exists as the “Cliff House”* and is open for events during the year.

(30)  Parker Head Church no longer exists but the church bell, which was given in memory of three people who drowned near Parker Head, is now at the Historical Society. Also located here was the Independent Hall which opened in 1898 for dances and entertainment, two General Stores and a Telephone Office (NLE).

(31)  Parker Head Ice Pond and Sawmill Dam*, which s ll exists, was first built as a dal mill dam with 4 buildings and 8 saws. The Mill Dam was later converted to an Ice Pond by John G. Morse I of Winnegance, Alden Morse and James D. Robinson a er the sawmills were destroyed by fire in 1867.

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COX’S HEAD  

Atkins Bay is named a er Thomas Atkins , a fisherman who purchased the southern end of Phippsburg (with the excep on of Popham) from Chief Robinhood. Cox’s Head was named a er William Cock, an early landowner. Cox’s Head Road to Atkins Bay Road pro-vides a view of Popham, Atkins bay and the mouth of the Kennebec River. Atkins Bay road ends at Wilbur Preserve which provides parking and a turn around. (32)  Stone Schoolhouse (P) Established in 1836 as the Percy District one room school-

house and is listed on the Na onal Register of Historic Places. (33)  "The Old Fort” on Cox’s Head, which included brick barracks for 105 soldiers, was

used during the war of 1812 to protect the river (NLE).  (34)  Steamboat Landing and Coaling Sta on for the tugboats of Knickerbocker Towage

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POPHAM  

Named a er Sir John Popham, sponsor of the 1607 short lived Popham Colony*. A party of 100 men landed in August of 1607 and a empted a se lement at Fort St. George . The colony was abandoned in the fall of 1608 a er its leader, George Popham, died. The colonists sailed back to England aboard a supply ship and the colony’s newly built pin-nace, “Virginia of Sagadahock”,* which was the first English ship built on the North American con nent.

(35)  Popham State Park was established in 1968. It is the second largest Maine State

Park. The first Park Superintendent was Thomas L. Totman. (36)  Seguin Lighthouse was commissioned in 1796 by George Washington. (37)  Charles Ingraham House was built in 1897 and is on the Na onal Register of His-

toric Places and overlooks Silver Lake. (38)  Fort St. George was built in 1607 NLE. There are two monuments - one is on the

ledge behind the first house on the le on Fort Baldwin Road at the sharp corner (Hoss Ketch Road) and the second at the head of the Government Pier where you can s ll see the original pilings. During several archaeological digs since 1962 many ar facts including an Elizabethan age coin have been found. A monument to the ‘Virginia” is located north of the parking area, and the access trail to Fort Bald-win is located to the south.

(39)  Fort Baldwin* was built in 1905 and garrisoned during WWI and WWII by the 13th, 29th and 8th Coastal Ar llery with 200 troops each me.

(40)  The Popham School (P), built around 1835, is now a residence. Popham Chapel was dedicated on October 3, 1896. The Popham Library was built in 1910. Society Hall existed from 1880 to 1946(NLE).  The first Post Office (NLE) was built in 1888 and it’s first Postmaster was James Perkins.

(41)  Hunnewell’s Point Fort from 1743 – 1744. Fort Popham* is a civil war fort par al-ly built in 1861 and garrisoned in 1865, 1866, 1898 and WWI. Signs and scenes at the Fort tell its story. This is also the loca on of the old Coast Guard dock which is now public. The Fort Popham Bell Tower (NLE) was destroyed by lightning in 1953 but some of the steel supports s ll exist.

(42)  Steamboat Landing where boats from Boston’s Eastern Steamboat Company and the Popham Beach Steamship Company embarked and debarked passengers, freight and mail. Other steamboat landings were located in Popham Harbor west of the Fort (41), Cox’s Head (34), Parker’s Neck (28), and the Center (24). The Hunnewell Point House Hotel and Riverside Hotel, formally the Eureka House, were located nearby (NLE).  A Civil War cannon is on display here.

(43)  Hunnewell Beach Life‐Saving Sta on (P) was built in 1883. It was moved to it’s current loca on in 1889. It became the Popham Beach Coast Guard Sta on when the Revenue Cu er Service and the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to become the Coast Guard and closed in 1971. It is now a private residence.

(44)  Rockledge Hotel, formally Ocean View House, burned in 1915 (NLE).

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SMALL POINT  

Small Point is the eastern boundary of Casco Bay. The first se lement, called “Ancient Augusta” *, was a small fishing village established in 1716 and later included a stone fort to protect it (NLE).  The French and Indian Wars brought an end to this se lement. Early families included the Pumroy Days, Wymans, Spragues, McIn res and Wallis’. Small Point along with West Point and Sebasco were part of the Town of North Yarmouth un l 1741. The first “school”, in what is now Phippsburg, was held in the house of Nathaniel Sylvest-er in Small Point in 1768. Ice and salt were shipped from Small Point on sailing vessels. Many fishing boats are moored in Small Point Harbor.  (45)  Bodwell Grange (P), the last Grange in Phippsburg, was ac ve un l 2007. (46)  Great Salt Marsh where haying took place. It was divided into parcels for farmers. (47)  Morse Mountain* was named a er Revolu onary War soldier Daniel Morse. There

were military barracks located at the summit during WWII (NLE).  The land is now mostly owned by Bates College and offers a scenic view of the area via hiking trails.

(48)  Stone Fort at Ancient Augusta built in 1718 (NLE).  The Aliquippa Hotel was built here in 1836 and is now a private residence.

(49)  Grist Mills and Ice Pond (NLE).  Also located in this area was the Sylvester Store which is now a private residence.

(50)  Wyman’s Store and Post Office which was moved closer to the shore and turned into a private residence.

(51)  Head Beach (P, F) where sea moss was processed in the 1940’s. (52)  Hermit Island (P, F). (53)  WW II Army look out tower at Bald Head (P). (54)  Naval Observa on Tower (P) formerly used for training.

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WEST POINT  

West Point is well known as a fishing community. Henry Totman and William Wallace, were the first major landowners. West Point is the home of the “Totman Preserve” which is owned by the Town and boasts a beau ful beach and hiking trails for the use of town residents, taxpayers and their guests. Sea moss was landed at Cat Cove and Carry-ing Place Cove. West Point is s ll a working waterfront with commercial and private wharfs. (61)  Henry Totman’s sons William and Elias built the first frame house in Phippsburg at

West Point called “the house on the hill.” (NLE). (62)  The property for the first West Point School was deeded to the Town in 1877. It is

now a private residence. (63)  The Pine Grove Community Church was established about 1923 and s ll serves the

community today. (64) Across Newbury Point Road is the second West Point School (P), a two room

building, which was closed in 1958. It was sold in 1960 for $500 to become Alton Wallace’s Boatbuilding shop where the well known “Westpointer” boats were con-structed. It is now a private residence.

(65) The Post Office from 1914 to 1944 was at the top of the circle (right side) and is now a private residence.

(66)  The next loca on of the Post Office was in the West Point General Store (P) at the bo om of the circle. The “Dance Hall” was opposite the store on the hill (P).

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SEBASCO ‐ THE BASIN  

Sebasco is from the Na ve American name “Sebascodiggen” which means “portage almost completed.” It is made up of three sec ons - the Basin, the fishing village at the harbor including Malaga Island, and Sebasco Estates. It is s ll an ac ve fishing community. Edwin Gillies, Charles Gomes, Gene Perry and Edwin Wallace who were well known for boat building in Sebasco. Most of the Basin is now owned by The Nature Conservancy. (67)  “The Bumper” (Robinson Rock) was the site of a signaling sta on during the War of

1812. It is a short hike to the top and has a great view of Casco Bay and its 365 is-lands.

(68)  Sebasco Harbor Resort (F) (formerly Sebasco Lodge) was established in 1908 by Freeman Merri who later established Rock Gardens Inn (69). In the 1920’s Nathan Cushman became the owner and added a golf course and other ameni es. There was a feldspar mine just North of the golf course (70).  Material from the mine was used to build the Sebasco Lodge pool.

(71)  Cornelius Ice Pond (now wah-tuh Lake) was the loca on of an ice business. The horses used to transport the ice were kept on “Horse Island” (72) , now known as Harbor Island, during the off season.

(73) The Black’s Landing area hosted three stores, a post office, several boatyards, and a fish and lobster processing plant at the harbor where Ed and Phil Jacob pioneered frozen seafood dinners.

(74)  The Sebasco Nazarene Church is on the site of the original Sebasco two room school. (75)  Frank Ridley’s General Store at Ridley’s Landing sold goods and ice to sailing ships

that would e up at the dock. It is now a private residence owned by the Ridley de-scendants.

(76)  Malaga Island*, inhabited un l 1912, is owned by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

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MEADOWBROOK  

The Meadowbrook District extended from the Carrying Place at the Phippsburg-West Bath line to Basin Falls. Families living on the Stoneybrook Road were also included in the district as are the areas known as Wynburg and Brightwater. 

 (77)  Perry’s Tide Mill (NLE).   (78)  Old Mica Mine and Basin Falls (79)  Brightwater (P) is a summer colony retreat established by teachers, ministers and

doctors. (80)  Meadowbrook School from 1821 to 1917. (NLE).  (81)   “Old Carrying Place” which served as an Indian portage between the Kennebec

River, via Winnegance Creek, to the New Meadows River.

ASHDALE  Named for its growth of Ash trees. The Ashdale Community extends from the Popham turn to Sam Day Hill Road. (55)  The Small Point Bap st Church was built around 1828. The land was donated by the

Stephen Lowell family. (56)  Ashdale School (P) was used from 1865 to 1946 and s ll exists. (57) A Single grave is located on Route 209 (Main Road). 1812 War Veteran Nathaniel

Morason who died in Popham at the age of 28 is buried here. (58)  Hosmer’s Store was built at Sawmill corner, which was named for the water pow-

ered mill on North Creek. The building was later moved to the Center to become Cola Pease’s Blacksmith Shop which sat under the ledge on the west side of Town Hall (NLE).  

(59)  The first Post Office was located in Harry Hosmer’s House across from his store and is now a private residence.

(60)  The “Diamond Roof School” was located by North Creek in 1824 (NLE).

Town of Phippsburg, Maine 

Incorporated on January 25, 1814, as “Phipsburgh” and named for Sir William Phips.

Previously it was part of Georgetown, Lincoln County and Massachuse s. It is home to a

number of villages that together make up the Town.

Nota ons * = For more informa on visit the Phippsburg Historical Society Museum at 24 Parker

Head Road and Albert F. Totman Library at 28 Parker Head Road                    (P) = Private Property (F) = Fee (NLE) = No longer exists We thank Gary E. Morong, Michele Y. Morong, John G. Morse IV, Thomas C. Totman, Lynda R. Wyman, the Albert F. Totman Library, and the Phippsburg Historical Society for providing this informa on and photographs. Map created by John “Mike” Young.    Phippsburg 200th Anniversary Celebra on Commi ee

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Morse River 

North Creek 

Duley Pond 

The Basin 

Sebasco Lodge 

West Point General Store & Dance Hall 

Mouth of Dromore Creek 

10 Tidal Mills of Winnegance 

Totman Library & Center Store 

2nd West Point School ‐ later Alton Wallace’s Boat Shop 

Small Point Church 

at Ashdale 

Sea Moss harves ng at Head Beach Steamboat Landing at Popham 

Popham Village 

2nd Center School ‐ Historical Society 

Parker Head Ice Pond and Sawmill Dam