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Rockland is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 6,936. [2] [3] The city is a popular tourist destination. It is a departure point for the Maine State Ferry Service to the islands of Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
The Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Rockland, Maine.Located on several blocks of Main Street (United States Route 1), the district has a well-preserved collection of commercial architecture dating from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, the period of the city's height as a shipbuilding and industrial lime processing center.
The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.With a history dating to the early 18th century, this area includes high quality examples of residential architecture, most dating to the period 1870-1920, and including several fine examples of municipal architecture.
Rockland was one of three U.S. cities to make the cut, alongside Washington D.C. and Big Sky, Montana. Why visit Rockland this summer Max Oliver, 78, tosses a lobster trap back into the sea in ...
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point (the northern end of the breakwater), the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater.
The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine.More than 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.
The Farnsworth Homestead is a historic house museum at 21 Elm Street in Rockland, Maine.Built in 1854 by William A. Farnsworth, it is an excellent late example of Greek Revival architecture, and was the home of Lucy Farnsworth, the major benefactor of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which owns the house and operates it as a museum property.
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