Parker Cleaveland House | |
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| Location | 75 Federal Street, Brunswick, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°54′37.83″N 69°57′35.77″W / 43.9105083°N 69.9599361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | Samuel Melcher III |
| Part of | Federal Street Historic District (ID76000092) |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000702 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 2000[1] |
| Designated NHL | May 16, 2000[2] |
| Designated CP | October 29, 1976 |
The Parker Cleaveland House is a historic house at 75 Federal Street in Brunswick, Maine. It was the home, from 1806 to 1858, of Parker Cleaveland (1780–1858), a mineralogist and a professor at nearby Bowdoin College. While he was a professor at Bowdoin College, Cleaveland conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the United States. His 1816 work Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, which included a volume on types and localities of American minerals, became the standard textbook on the subject in American higher education and the model for future mineralogy scholarship and publications.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000 for its association with Cleaveland. It is now owned by Bowdoin College, and serves as the president's house.[2][3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Parker Cleaveland House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ^ Joanne Kluessendorf and Kirk Mohney (undated) National Historic Landmark Nomination: Parker Cleaveland House, National Park Service and Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 2000.