#pownalborough court house

[benjhawkins]

Midafternoon in the tavern

[goldnnavy]

In addition to my visits to the Maritime Museum, I also had a wonderful time visiting @benjhawkins and @pentecostwaite at the Pownalborough Court House! The tour was amazing, and getting to gush about my love of breeches was so much fun! Just look at how beautiful it is:

And I even got to see the famous Polly(!!):

Here's my tracing of it vs the real etching.

Again, thank you so much to @benjhawkins and @pentecostwaite for being so kind and awesome!! I look forward to meeting up again in the future!

[pentecostwaite]

Found written in pencil on the doorframe of the 1760s jury deliberation chamber, Pownalborough Court House, Maine.

“Inhuman man has

to triffle with the happi

=ness of thy fellow creatures”

[misterjudemartin]

19th-century <b>toys</b> on exhibit at Pownalborough Court House

DRESDEN — A new exhibit of children's toys is on view through Columbus Day at ... The dolls and other toys will be on exhibit until Columbus Day. from children toys http://ift.tt/2vSGcGw via children toys

[prolistsite]

19th-century toys on exhibit at Pownalborough Court <b>House</b>

A selection of dolls arranged before a painting of children who lived at the Pownalborough Court House in the mid 1800s were common over the ... Read more http://ift.tt/2vpYfkQ Areas served: Winston-Salem, High Point, Yadkinville, Mocksville, Advance, Clemmons, Kernersville, Greensboro, Walnut Cove, Statesville, NC, North Carolina Services: House painting, roofing, deck building, landscaping, Carpentry, Flooring, tile, hardwood, remodeling, home improvement, interior, exterior

[benjhawkins]

[benjhawkins]

Welcome to the courtroom where cases were tried from 1761 until 1794! Some visitors here included midwife Martha Ballard and some guy named John Adams.

Fun Fact! Can you spot the exact same two portraits of John Adams that are on the same wall?

[benjhawkins]

Spring cleaning at the court house today!

[benjhawkins]

Hey man if you’re not gonna pay your tab you gotta leave

[benjhawkins]

[benjhawkins]

Welcome to the tavern! Court sessions at Pownalborough took place twice a year in June and September, and the tavern was a communal eating and gathering space for people who were awaiting their case to be heard by the court. Carved on the wall is graffiti of the sloop Polly! Sometime in the 19th century a closet was built in front of the wall where the graffiti is carved. The closet wasn’t removed until the late 1950s, which has helped preserve the graffiti so well!

[benjhawkins]

[benjhawkins]

[benjhawkins]

The 1761 Pownalborough Court House with the Parson Bailey Rose in the foreground. This rose bush is a descendant of an 18th century variety cultivated by the Reverend Jacob Bailey.

[benjhawkins]

Part two of one of the many rooms of the Pownalborough Court House! This is the parlor, interpreted to ca. 1820.

[pentecostwaite]

Some possible apotropaic marks found in the 1760s Pownalborough Court House in Dresen, ME.

1. Concentric circles on south wall beside eastern door.

2. Linked hexafoils on south wall beside south-facing window.

3. Overlapping Vs on ceiling beam in northeast section of third floor

4. Two X-marks in framing around south fireplace. These marks face the wall portion containing the hexafoils in picture #2.