The Deacon Hutchins House is an historic house on
Maine State Route 5
State Route 5 (abbreviated SR 5) is a state highway in Maine that runs from an intersection with State Route 9 in Old Orchard Beach, to an intersection with State Route 120 in Andover.
Route description
From its southern terminus near the ...
in
Rumford, Maine
Rumford is a New England town, town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Rumford is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 5,858 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Ru ...
. Built c. 1802, it is an excellent example of vernacular Federal style architecture, and is further notable for murals drawn in one room by the itinerant painter
Rufus Porter Rufus Porter may refer to:
*Rufus Porter (painter) (1792–1884), American painter, inventor, and founder of ''Scientific American'' magazine
*Rufus Porter (American football), American football linebacker in the National Football League
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. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1987.
Description and history
The Hutchins House is -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and two substantial brick chimneys placed symmetrical on the roof gable. The main facade, facing southwest, is symmetrical, with a center entry flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and lintel entablature. A -story ell extends from the northeast corner of the house. A secondary entry, capped by a gable pediment, is located on the southeast facade.
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The house, built c. 1802 for Deacon Hezekiah Hutchins, a New Hampshire native and veteran of the French and Indian and ]American Revolutionary War
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s, who moved to the area in 1801 and was one of the founders of the Congregational church at Rumford Center. He also served as town moderator and as a justice of the peace, indicating his prominence in the community. His house is a well-preserved example of a vernacular Federal style house. The most significant element of the house, however, is the addition c. 1840 of a series of murals in its southeast parlor, drawn by Rufus Porter, who was then at the height of his time as an itinerant painter. In addition to painting on the plastered walls, Porter also applied graining effects to some of the room's woodwork.
See also
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Houses in Oxford County, Maine
Buildings and structures in Rumford, Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Oxford County, Maine
Federal architecture in Maine