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Waterville is in northern Kennebec County, in central Maine, at Its northern boundary is the Somerset County line. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 14.05 square miles (36.39 km 2 ), of which 13.58 square miles (35.17 km 2 ) is land and 0.47 square miles (1.22 km 2 ), or 3.36%, is water. [ 8 ]
The Lockwood Mill Historic District encompasses the only major 19th-century mill complex in Waterville, Maine. Located south of the city's downtown, it was designed by (and named for) Amos D. Lockwood, a nationally known industrial designer of the period. Its #2 building was for 45 years home to the Hathaway Shirt Company.
The downtown area of Waterville is located on the west bank of the Kennebec River, about 20 miles (32 km) upstream from the city of Augusta, the river's highest point navigable by ocean-going vessels. Waterville developed as an industrial center in the second half of the 19th century, following the arrival of the railroad in 1849.
The Waterville Opera House and City Hall is a historic civic building at Castonguay Square (Common and Front Streets) in downtown Waterville, Maine.Built at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of a small number of multifunction civic buildings, housing both a live performance venue and municipal facilities, functions it continues to perform today.
On October 25, 2023, 40-year-old Robert Card carried out a spree shooting in Lewiston, Maine, United States, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others. [9] [10] [11] The initial attack occurred at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley during a youth league event, followed shortly by a second shooting at the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant. [12]
Thomas College is a private college in Waterville, Maine, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . As of fall 2019 Thomas College enrolled 1,949 students; 1,819 were undergraduate students and 130 were graduate students.
The Colby College Museum of Art is an art museum on the campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine.Founded in 1959 and now comprising five wings, nearly 8,000 works and more than 38,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Colby College Museum of Art has built a collection that specializes in American and contemporary art with additional, select collections of Chinese antiquities and ...
Maine Children's Home (MCH) (also known as Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers) is a nonprofit agency in Waterville, Maine, that provides education, counseling, adoption, day care, and early childhood education services for pregnant teens and teen parents.