Carry Rd., about 1.9 mi. W. of Middle Dam, Upton, Maine. County/parish: Oxford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 30, 2008. NRIS 08001257.
4 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.
Forest Lodge is a historic homestead in rural northern Oxford County, Maine. Lying in a hard-to-reach corner of Upton, on the northern bank of the Rapid River, it comprises seven buildings, four of which are residential. The complex was owned and occupied by the family of writer Louise Dickinson Rich (1903–1991) year round from 1933 to 1944, and as Rich's summer home until 1955. The property, the surrounding country, and its small number of year-round residents and seasonal visitors were recurring motifs in her writings, which spanned forty years. Her book We Took to the Woods (1942) is about her first six years there. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686780