316 Beech Hill Rd., Rockport, Maine. County/parish: Knox.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 10, 2003. NRIS 03000617.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure. 2 contributing objects.
The Beech Hill Preserve is a conservation property in Rockport, Maine. Its 295 acres (119 ha) include the summit of Beech Hill, one of the few bare-topped hills in the area. Its features include forested lower slopes, a commercial blueberry operation, and a 1913 Norwegian sod-roofed hut at the summit of the hill. It has been protected by conservation easements since 1987, and is now owned and managed by the Coastal Mountains Land Trust. The hut, its access road, and the gate on Beech Hill Road were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Beechnut Hut Historic District in 2003.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686446