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During the 19th century Maine became famous for its great shipbuilding center. Waldoboro was the launching port for the Governor Ames in 1888, the first five masted schooner. [14] The Governor Ames was built in Waldoboro's Leavitt Storer Shipyard. [15] A port of entry, the town features an 1857 custom house designed by Ammi B. Young.
The U.S. Customhouse and Post Office is a historic federal government building in Waldoboro, Maine. Built 1855–57, it is a fine local example of civic Italianate architecture. For much of the 20th century it housed the Waldoboro Public Library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
The Waldo Theatre is a historic movie theater and performance venue at 916 Main Street in Waldoboro, Maine. Built in 1936 as a movie theater to a design by New York City architect Benjamin Schlanger, it was hailed at the time as one of the best-designed state-of-the-art small theaters in the country. It is now managed by a non-profit arts ...
In 1964, the state Department of Economic Development staged a re-creation of what it called the “first Thanksgiving Feast by white men on American soil"; the photo and an Associated Press story ...
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Waldoboro is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the central village in the town of Waldoboro in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,300 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] out of 5,075 people in the entire town of Waldoboro.
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The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.