167 Brave Boat Harbor Rd., Kittery, Maine. County/parish: York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 24, 2008. NRIS 07001449.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Rock Rest is a historic house and African-American traveler's accommodation at 167 Brave Boat Harbor Road in Kittery, Maine. The property was operated as a summer guest house by Clayton and Hazel Sinclair between 1946 and 1977, and is one of the few known places in Maine that explicitly welcomed African-American guests in an era when racial discrimination in public accommodations was common. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88687831