Salome Sellers House, Historic house museum in Deer Isle, Maine, United States
The Salome Sellers House is a wooden Cape-style structure with five bays, board siding, and a central chimney rising from a granite foundation. The building combines an older section from the 1770s with the main structure completed in 1830.
The house grew from an older structure founded in the 1770s, later expanded around 1830 by builder Judkins as a residence for Joseph Sellers. It remained in family hands until 1961, when it was transferred to the historical society.
The house shows how families on the island lived in the 19th century, with simple furnishings and craftsmanship typical of that period. The rooms reveal everyday habits and living patterns that were common in this coastal region.
The museum is run by the Deer Isle-Stonington Historical Society and offers guided tours that provide authentic insights into 19th-century living conditions. Visitors arrive on Sunset Road and are led through original rooms with period furnishings and details from that era.
Salome Sellers was a remarkable inhabitant who lived over a century and whose long presence shaped the house, keeping it as a family seat through generations. The structure stands as the only example of its architectural style and scale on the island, marking its special place in local history.
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