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Kennebunkport, Maine

 Kennebunk is an Indian word meaning  long-cut river bank in Micmac.

Shipbuilding and shipping were once staples of the local economy which is now  oriented to tourism and light manufacturing.

From the early seventeenth century, small vessels plied the harbor of Cape Porpoise for the prime fishing. As mills began to appear on the  Mousam River, shipbuilding for trade and for lumber export became a primary industry. From 1790-1867, hundreds of ships were built at the half dozen major shipbuilding yards. Between 1854 and 1918, shipyards moved closer to the mouth of the Kennebunk River, towards lower village and the port, where hundreds more wooden sailing vessels were constructed; and as a consequence around 50 trains stopped at Kennebunkport everyday. Hundreds of barrels were built to be ship and sell during those days and still you can see reminiscent of this fact all around the town.

In 1820, when Maine declared it s own independence from Massachusetts, the Kennebunk District of Wells at last became Kennebunk. Arundel then petitioned to be Kennebunk, but settled for the name of Kennebunkport.

Kennebunk is a town in York County, incorporated on July 31, 1820 from a portion of Wells that was first settled, though not permanently, in the 1640's and 1650's.

The name means the long cut bank for a land formation near the sea which may have served as a navigational aid to the Indians.

 

The Nott House
1853

This house took us back to that time in Kennebunkport's history when shipbuilding thrived and the shipping trade made Kennebunkport one of the wealthiest in New England. Maine’s native people were the Wabanakis-Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, and Maliseet Indians-whose history predates the written historical record by thousands of years.

A guided tour of the Nott House gives an intimate glimpse of life as it was in those bustling and opulent Victorian times.

The home is a veritable time capsule, unique in that all the carpets, furnishings, wallpaper, and artifacts are original to the house. They accurately reflect the varying and evolving tastes of four generations of the Perkins and Nott families spanning the late 1700's through to the mid-1900's.

 The Nott House was one of the houses owned by a wealthy shipbuilder.

That house is filled with beautiful long dresses and hats wear by women from the family. The wife of the owner of this house died and he married his wife sister. His wife sister refused to sleep in the same bed where her sister used to sleep. So, she occupied another room, leaving her sister room exactly in the way it was.  He had a daughter from his first marriage, who died when she was only 10 years old. It's interesting to see the girl's toys. She died from cholera. There were no descendants from the first family. This house was the first family house with internal plumbing. It's interesting to see the house antique sink, inside most of its rooms. The couple's room has a bathtub and a square pre-toilet of wood with a lid. It's practically a nice outhouse room with a bathtub inside it, attached to the primary room of the house, in the second floor. The house is beautiful with well distributed rooms around. A beautiful stair faces the principal entrance of the house. The right room of the house was were the women spent the day sewing, reading and hanging out; since they had maids who worked as servants for them. The wealthy women of this house never worked. The room at the left of the stairs was the living room. It has beautiful fireplace with ventilators on the floor, lot of lamps with hanging prisms, beautiful sofa and furniture, an antique little piano or small keyboard instrument, which looks like a piano, but with a small case and without the top frame. 

 

In this picture, Matt is standing over, where an old barn was located. The historic society turned it into a beautiful garden.

 

In Town
Known for its distinguished street signs, different style of security officials and for the best Lobster and fish of the country. (Also best price)
"The Clam Stack"
Best in town.
Evening at the beach Fisherman everywhere Contemplating a beautiful evening!

Residential Living

Old Mansion in front of the port.

Houses in front of the beach.

Houses on the surroundings.

Kennebunk, Maine is the get-away residence of George Bush and his family. Is the summer retreat of 41st U.S. President George Herbert Walker and his son, President George W. Bush

 

We were there when Bush father and son were celebrating a family wedding at George Bush summer house. 

 

These picture shows President Bush house, located in a little peninsula or small island on the edge of Kennebunkport beach. 

I tried to catch the moment when Bush father and son were riding their motor boat at the beach. The movie recorded came out not so good, since when I was trying to record it, I was in a bus tour and driver was a very bad driver. When I was trying to record it, the driver made a bad turn and I fell in the bus while recording a video with the camera. But anyway, I got to take few seconds of them riding the motor boat and all the news reporters in the beach shore, some policemen and guards.

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