The Observer Building is a historic commercial and residential building located at 128 Union Square in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine . Built in 1854, it is an architecturally unusual Greek Revival wood-frame "flatiron" triangular building with a variable-pitch gable roof. In addition to its architectural significance, it is also historically significant as the home for many years of The Piscataquis Observer , one of Maine's oldest weekly newspapers. The building is now owned by the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society, which uses it as a museum and storage space.
18-493: The building stands at a prominent triangular intersection in the center of Dover-Foxcroft, where Pleasant Street diverges from East Main Street ( Maine State Route 15 ). The building itself is a roughly triangular two-story wood-frame structure, presenting a narrow three-bay front to the junction. Its roof is one of its most unusual features, beginning at the front with a nearly equilateral triangular gable pitch, which flattens out toward
36-509: A male householder with no wife present, and 28.1% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age in the town was 41.2 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 33.6% were from 45 to 64; and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of
54-617: A weekly newspaper, has a publication history dating to 1838. It was first known as the Piscataquis Herald , was renamed the Piscataquis Farmer in 1842, and finally settled on Observer in 1847. It is one of Maine's oldest weekly newspapers. The Observer housed its offices and printing operations in this building until 1997, when it gave the building to the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society. The society operates
72-565: Is at I-95 and SR 15 in Bangor. SR 15 Business was designated in 2004 after SR 15 was removed from its surface alignment in downtown Bangor and Brewer, instead being routed along I-395 and I-95 to bypass the downtown areas. The entire route is in Penobscot County . Glenburn, Maine Glenburn is a town in Penobscot County , Maine , United States. The population was 4,648 at the 2020 census . When originally incorporated in 1822, it
90-499: The Canadian border. Within the towns connected by State Route 15, the highway also is known by various local names: When originally designated in 1926, SR 15 ran between Ellsworth and Greenville Junction . Between 1933 and 1934, it was extended north to Rockwood , and again, in 1940, to its current terminus in Jackman . In 1946, the route was truncated to Blue Hill , but, in 1963, it
108-553: The building has nine windows on the first floor and eight on the second, while the north side has eight windows and two doorways on the first floor and eight windows on the second. The building was constructed in 1854 by William Sargent, and was apparently used as a residential tenement house. In 1903, it was acquired by George Doore, who converted it to a commercial space, and leased it the Observer Publishing Company, publisher of The Piscataquis Observer . The Observer ,
126-582: The city. SR 15 meets SR 221 at Six Mile Falls before entering Glenburn . The route intersects with SR 11 and SR 43 in Corinth , forming a 2-mile (3.2 km) concurrency with SR 11. SR 15 continues to the northwest, intersecting with SR 6 and SR 16 in Dover-Foxcroft , forming a lengthy concurrency. The three routes proceed due west through Guilford , intersecting SR 23 and SR 150 , and then turning to
144-525: The first floor as a museum, and uses the upstairs as a storage, office, and meeting space. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1998. Maine State Route 15 State Route 15 ( SR 15 ) is a numbered state highway in Maine , United States. SR 15 runs over 180 miles (290 km) from Stonington in the south to Jackman in the north. SR 15 begins in
162-565: The north in Abbot Village , where SR 16 splits off to the west. Routes 6 and 15 remain concurrent for the better part of about 60 miles (97 km), traveling north to Moosehead Lake , and turning west to the small town of Jackman . Routes 6 and 15 finally come to an intersection with US 201 , approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the Canadian border . SR 15 ends at this intersection, while SR 6 joins US 201 en route to
180-470: The north. The two routes continue into Blue Hill , where SR 15 turns northward, while 176 goes to the east. Continuing north, Route 15 meets SR 199 in North Penobscot . Upon reaching Orland , SR 15 meets U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and SR 3 , and joins the concurrency northbound. The road sees the ends of Routes 166 and 46 before reaching the town of Bucksport . Upon reaching
198-459: The rear of the building, giving an effect similar to an inverted ship's hull. The front facade has a doorway flanked by sash windows on the first floor, and a pair of symmetrically placed windows on the second, and a smaller sash window in the gable. The doorway, like others on the building, is sheltered by a gable-roof portico supported by simple wooden brackets. The corners of the front facade are highlighted by wooden pilasters. The long south side of
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#1733092408918216-500: The town of Stonington , at the intersection of Main Street, School Street, and West Main Street. The route proceeds north out of Stonington and through Deer Isle en route to the mainland of Maine. Upon leaving the islands to the south via the Deer Isle Bridge , SR 15 meets SR 175 and forms an approximately 2-mile (3.2 km) concurrency with it. SR 15 then splits off 175 and then joins SR 176 farther to
234-559: The town was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. Students in Glenburn attend Glenburn School (K–8). The town has no high school. Residents of Glenburn enjoy school choice, which means students can choose where they want to go for high school. Glenburn School (elementary and middle school) hosts recreation programs, and their school athletic teams are called the Glenburn Chargers. The journalistic organization ProPublica reports that during
252-419: The town was 97.1% White , 0.4% African American , 0.7% Native American , 0.5% Asian , 0.1% from other races , and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population. There were 1,808 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had
270-800: The town, US 1 and SR 3 split off and SR 15 turns northward towards Bangor . SR 15 continues towards Bangor, straddling the east side of the Penobscot River , along with US-1A to the west. SR 15 enters Brewer and follows South Main Street to an interchange with Interstate 395 (I-395) at exit 4. SR 15 joins I-395 westbound and runs concurrent with the Interstate (also with US 202 between exits 3 and 2) to its terminus, where SR 15 then takes exit 1B to join I-95 northbound for approximately 3 miles (4.8 km). SR 15 leaves I-95 via exit 185 and joins Broadway heading north out of
288-524: The villages of Glenburn and West Glenburn. It is bordered on the north by Hudson , on the east by Old Town , on the south by Orono , on the south by Bangor , on the southwest by Hermon and on the west by Kenduskeag . As of the census of 2010, there were 4,594 people, 1,808 households, and 1,300 families residing in the town. The population density was 169.0 inhabitants per square mile (65.3/km ). There were 2,018 housing units at an average density of 74.2 per square mile (28.6/km ). The racial makeup of
306-606: Was called "Dutton" in honor of Bangor's Samuel Dutton , a judge and founder of the Bangor Theological Seminary . It was renamed the Town of Glenburn on March 18, 1837. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 29.15 square miles (75.50 km ), of which 27.19 square miles (70.42 km ) is land and 1.96 square miles (5.08 km ) is water. The two historic centers are
324-580: Was extended south to its current terminus in Stonington . In 2004, SR 15 in Bangor was removed from downtown and routed along I-395 and I-95 . The old alignment through downtown became SR 15 Business (see below). State Route 15 Business (abbreviated SR 15 Bus. or SR 15B ) is a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) business route of SR 15. Its southern terminus is at I-395 and SR 15 in Brewer. Its northern terminus
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