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title: The Ebenezer Alden House
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site_name: The Ebenezer Alden House

• <H3> Union, Maine
• <H1> The Ebenezer Alden House
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• <H3> This beautifully restored 18th century home was built by Ebenezer Alden (1774-1862), a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, the Pilgrims immortalized in Longfellow's “The Courtship of Miles Standish." The Alden House is considered by many to be one of the finest period homes in Maine, well-loved and maintained for over two centuries. In 1975 the home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Remarkably, the present owners are only the second owners outside of the Alden family.
• <H2> The Main House
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• <H2> The Outbuildings
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• <H2> The Barn
• <H3> The 40 by 80 foot barn was built shortly after the Civil War, likely to increase space for storage and commerce. It is in superb condition and can accommodate several cars, equipment, and tools. Two years' worth of firewood is stored below. No outline of an earlier barn exists. The barn was built by Augustus Alden in about 1869 on plans then popular in this area and was built using mortises and tenons, held by pegs or "trunnels" remaining flexible, yet very strong. Many of its frame pieces came from even older structures, saving a great deal of time by recycling. Each frame section is called a “bent” and they support the boarding boards of the roof and sides. The north side housed livestock below a second floor, while the south side was open to the top. Upper areas were available for hay storage, a major commodity of the Alden Store. Below the main floor under the hillside is another full height area, with two double doors facing south where animals might move in and out; that kind of doorway is called a “run-in.” In the 1960’s, the barn was lifted to accommodate new sills all around and new posts, set on hidden concrete footings. It remains ‘square’ today. All doors and windows are original as is nearly everything about the barn. The south-facing roofing was replaced in 2012. The red west side and all white trim have been recently painted. The east upper window has been replaced (2012) with a screened louver, preventing undue heat buildup under the dark roofing. There are gardens on the warm south side.
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• <H2> THE STORE
• <H2> THE GARDEN SHED
• <H2> THE OUTHOUSE
• <H2> THE COBBLERS SHOP
• <H2> THE COOPERS SHOP
• <H2> the Grounds
• <H3> The setting enhances the beautiful group of structures, with lawns, fields, flower and vegetable gardens, a small orchard and about 40 acres of mixed woods. All sit on a rise above town, surrounded by the town offices, Common Road, wetlands of Seven Tree Pond, and two streams on over 54 acres.
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• <H2> Image Gallery
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• <H2> "Not many 18th century houses still store the hand tools that built them..."
• <H2> history
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• <H3> Ebenezer (1774-1862) was a direct descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden, the Plymouth, Massachusetts couple made famous by Longfellow. ("Why don't you speak for yourself, John?") Born in the Boston area, he must have begun his apprenticeship early and excelled in his work, eventually becoming a house wright in Middleborough, Massachusetts. In about 1792, Revolutionary War General Henry Knox brought him to Thomaston, Maine where he was employed as a finish carpenter, making and installing trim on the original Knox mansion, Montpelier, pictured below. By 1795 Ebenezer was in Union, Maine, operating his general store there. He began work on various business ventures, even while he continued his work on his own property. Following the example of General Knox, he planned and built a prominent and attractive home there, now known as the Ebenezer Alden House. The house was completed in 1798 and in 1799 he went to Massachusetts to bring back his bride, Patience Gillmor, whose father and brother were already part of Union. Ebenezer and Patience were to have twelve children.   The focus of the property, even today, is the house itself. Situated on a knoll above the town and Seven Tree Pond, it dominated the area, especially in an era of cleared fields. In addition to the house are a barn (his son’s work, c. 1869), a workshop (c. 1875), the store (c. 1795), and, in old style, an outhouse and a garden building. The house illustrates Ebenezer’s time: It is a mixture of styles. The exterior is quite consistently Federal. The east side interior is Colonial, with a bake-oven kitchen room, paneled walls, simple trims and plain plaster. The west side shows the Federal style, with clear reference to William Pain’s “Practical House Carpenter” (London 1794 and Boston 1796). Alden’s apprenticeship had been in revolutionary, Colonial style, times. His first big job, the Knox mansion, was a celebration of the new nation, epitomized in a nicely decorated and well-trimmed Federal style home. The Alden House that shows both of the builder’s sets of skills and interests makes it most unusual. Many old homes reflect the finishing of one room after another over the years in the style of the day in each case. The Alden House was finished all at once and shows the two periods of the young Alden’s professional life. A glance at the north (street) side shows the usual central door with three windows above and one on each side of the doorway. But, the door is not in the center; the west Federal rooms are about two feet wider than the east Colonial rooms.
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• <H2> "Maine's finest period home."
• <H2> "The Ebenezer Alden House stands... as a monument to the man who built it and to the couple who genuinely and enthusiastically restored it."
• <H2> "...the earliest surviving example of the Federal style in Maine"
• <H2> References to the Ebenezer Alden House
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• <H2> the town of union
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• <H3> While the magnificent Maine shoreline has received much attention, the Union area, a bit inland, is still being discovered. Here are dairy farms, blueberry barrens, lush river valleys, lakes, ponds, and scenic vistas. The Union Common is one of the oldest commons in the state and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For greater employment, shopping and pleasure, Rockland, Camden, Rockport, and Belfast are within short distances from Union. Augusta, the state capitol, is about 28 miles west. Union is the home of the annual Maine Antiques Festival in early August as well as the Union Fair and Maine Wild Blueberry Festival later in the month. In summer and fall there is a farmers' market on the Common. Geographically, the Town of Union is situated at the intersection of three numbered routes: 17, 131, and 235, between Augusta and the coast. It lies within the watersheds of two scenic rivers, the Saint George and the Medomak. Perhaps due to location or necessity, Union has become a kind of small economic center for the bordering towns, with an appropriate mix of retail, banking, light industrial, and service businesses within the town. It is an exceptionally pleasant place to live and work.
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