123 Church St., Brownville, Maine. County/parish: Piscataquis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 10, 1995. NRIS 95000217.
1 contributing building.
The Slate House is an architecturally distinctive house at 123 Church Street in Brownville, Maine. Built c. 1860, it is the only known house to have foundations and wall exteriors fashioned entirely out of slate. It was built by the Brownville and Piscataquis Slate Company, a local quarrying operation, for its superintendent, and is believed to be unique within New England for the use of material and level of Italianate styling it presents. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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