Birdsacre Sanctuary

Stanwood Homestead
Birdsacre Sanctuary is located in Maine
Birdsacre Sanctuary
Birdsacre Sanctuary is located in the United States
Birdsacre Sanctuary
Location289 High Street (Maine State Route 3), Ellsworth, Maine
Coordinates44°18′51″N 68°14′30″W / 44.3142°N 68.2418°W / 44.3142; -68.2418
Area40 acres (16 ha)
NRHP reference No.73000110[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1973

Birdsacre Sanctuary, also known as Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary, is an historic house museum and wildlife sanctuary at 289 High Street in Ellsworth, Maine, United States. The core of the property is a 40-acre (16 ha) parcel owned by the pioneering Maine ornithologist Cordelia Stanwood, whose home was opened as a museum in 1960, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2] Stanwood's homestead was extensively damaged by an arsonist-set fire in 2014.[3] The sanctuary, now 200 acres (81 ha), includes trails, an orchard, and a nature center that showcases a fine art and nature collection, including Cordelia J. Stanwood's avian field-notes and extensive photographic collection.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Birdsacre - Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary - Stanwood Museum: Before Restoration". Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ "The Fire". Birsdacre Sanctuary. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  4. ^ Ridley, Kim (July 2010). "Birdsacre: A Sanctuary in a Sea of Sprawl". Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors: 43–47. Retrieved 24 April 2022.