Bray House (Kittery Point, Maine)

Bray House
Location Pepperell Rd., Kittery Point, Maine
Coordinates 43°4′58″N 70°42′10″W / 43.08278°N 70.70278°W / 43.08278; -70.70278Coordinates: 43°4′58″N 70°42′10″W / 43.08278°N 70.70278°W / 43.08278; -70.70278
Area less than one acre
Built ca. 1662, ca. 1740
Architect Bray,John
NRHP Reference #

79000271

[1]
Added to NRHP October 09, 1979

The Bray House is a historic house at 100 Pepperell Road in Kittery Point, Maine, United States. It is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Maine. Long thought to be a 17th-century house, the architectural evidence indicates that this house was probably built around 1720. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Description and history

The Bray House is set on the south side of Pepperell Road (Maine State Route 103), on a site overlooking the Piscataqua River. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, whose main block is five bays wide, with a side gable roof, large central chimney, clapboard siding, and granite foundation. The entrance, centered on the river-facing south facade, is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and is topped by an entablature. A two-story extension to the east adds two bays, and a narrow connecting segment joins the main house to a second 2-1/2 story house, oriented perpendicular to the main block, that was moved to this property in the early 20th century.[2]

This location is known to be the place where John Bray built a house in about 1662. Although it is possible that parts of Bray's original house survive in the present structure, the construction methods and styling of this house are consistent with a construction date of about 1720. This is still adequate to make the house one of Maine's oldest surviving structures.[2]

Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame purchased the house in 2008 and undertook its restoration.[3] He later sold the restored property for $1.6 million; the new owners have proposed alterations to the structure to highlight the oldest portion of the house.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Bray House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ↑ Forrest, Rachel (2008-02-27). "Rocker restores historic Kittery, Maine home". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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