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The Brick Store Museum
117 Main Street
City: Kennebunk State: Maine Zip code: 04043 Phone: 207-985-4802 Visit website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it WELCOME to The Brick Museum, Kennebunk Maine. We're dedicated to preserving the cultural and artistic heritage of the Kennebunks and invite you to visit our distinctive buildings at the heart of Kennebunk's National Register Historic District. William Lord was born at Kennebunk Landing in 1799, the third son of Tobias and Hephzibah Conant Lord. As a merchant, ship owner and ship builder, Lord became one of Kennebunk’s most important patriarchs and citizens. In 1820 he married Sarah Cleaves of Biddeford, and they lived in what was then the Jonas Clark house at 20 Summer Street. It sits high on the hill and is now known as the William Lord Mansion. It was here that Lord and his wife raised their large family of 10 children. In 1825, William Lord began constructing a brick dry goods store on Main Street in Kennebunk—the very building that is today the focal point of The Brick Store Museum. The exterior of the building remains more or less unchanged. The interior has been altered significantly, but evidence of the building’s past as a store still remains upstairs; a windlass or pulley system used to hoist heavy goods is visible through a skylight. At the time of William Lord’s death in 1873, he was considered the wealthiest man in Kennebunk. His grave site is located across the street from the Museum at Hope Cemetery. Lord’s great granddaughter Edith Cleaves Barry inherited the building and began the Museum on the second floor in 1936. The initial core of the Museum’s collections came from the Lords and related families, but the Museum today is a regional history and archives center. Mouse over top right/top left of image to see next and previous |
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