Parker Cleaveland House

Parker Cleaveland House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Location:	75 Federal Street, Brunswick, Maine
Coordinates:	43°54′37.83″N 69°57′35.77″W / 43.9105083, -69.9599361Coordinates: 43°54′37.83″N 69°57′35.77″W / 43.9105083, -69.9599361
Designated as NHL:	May 16, 2000^[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 16, 2000^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	00000702

Parker Cleaveland House was the home of Parker Cleaveland from 1806-1858, a minerologist and a professor at nearby Bowdoin College.

While he was a professor at Bowdoin College, Parker Cleaveland conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the United States. His 1816 work Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, which included a volume on types and localities of American minerals, became the standard textbook on the subject in American higher education and the model for future mineralogy scholarship and publications. Cleaveland, the "Father of American Mineralogy", lived in this house from 1806 to 1858.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.^[1]^[3]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Parker Cleaveland House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Joanne Kluessendorf and Kirk Mohney (undated), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Parker Cleaveland HousePDF (146 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 2000.PDF (588 KiB)

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