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The Thomaston Historic District encompasses much of the historic town center of Thomaston, Maine. With a settlement history dating to the 17th century, the town is now a showcase of 19th-century architectural styles up to the 1870s.
Thomaston, formerly known as Fort St. Georges, Fort Wharf, and Lincoln, is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,739 at the 2020 census. [2] Noted for its antique architecture, Thomaston is an old port popular with tourists. The town was named after Major General John Thomas.
Thomaston was Incorporated in 1777 in midcoast Maine and boasts a population of approximately 2,767. It overlooks the head of the the St. George River; a conduit to the Atlantic Ocean. Thomaston is known as “The Town that Went to Sea” and literally houses a Museum in the Streets.
Thomaston enjoys a very large historic district with beautiful homes from the period of 1790 to the late 1800s. Almost all of the buildings remain private residences.
The Thomaston Historical Society of Thomaston, Maine operates a New England museum dedicated to Maine's ship building, civil war and revolutionary war history
Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777. District of Maine map, 1795. Maine Historical Society. Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the river.
Thomaston is rich in heritage from three centuries. Its houses especially are tangible reminders of what was once a smoky village of lime kilns, then a busy port town. Today it is a quiet, unhurried town, with the exception of the two mile long main street included in the boundaries of the District.
