The Midcoast Towns Where We Replace Windows and Doors
We replace windows and doors across Rockland and 21 Midcoast towns, from captains' houses on the old harbor streets to farmhouses up the rivers and cottages out on the saltwater necks. Pick your town to see what its houses need, what its code office asks and what a job there averages.
North, toward the Camden Hills
West, up the rivers and inland
South and west, the saltwater necks
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- 22 Midcoast towns, Rockland to Belmont
Rockland, MERockland's harbor streets hold Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne and Second Empire houses, many in a Residential Historic District that is on the National Register and adds no window review of its own. The city's one local review covers the Main Street addresses between 279 and 500, and only for changes to a window's design, look or opening size.
Which Towns North Toward the Camden Hills Do We Serve?
7 townsNorth toward the Camden Hills and beyond, we serve seven towns, from Rockport's harbor village and Camden's summer cottages to the lakes and farms of Hope, Searsmont and Belmont.
| Town | The houses | Miles from Rockland |
|---|---|---|
| Rockport | Rockport's National Register district wraps the head of the harbor along Pascal Avenue and Main, Central and Russell streets, with Greek Revival, Italianate and Colonial Revival houses, most of them wood-frame. Lime kilns and ice cut from Lily Pond were its early trades, and 25.8 percent of its housing is held for seasonal use. | 6 mi |
| Camden | Camden's Shingle Style summer cottages went up from the 1880s along Beauchamp Point, High Street and Bay View Street, near the Chestnut Street and High Street districts. The town reviews no window changes on private houses, and its Megunticook River mills once turned out sash and blinds. | 8 mi |
| Lincolnville | Lincolnville runs along the western shore of Penobscot Bay, and its beach village is the mainland landing for the state ferry to Islesboro. Inland the town reaches Megunticook Lake and Coleman Pond, and 21.4 percent of its housing is seasonal. | 13 mi |
| Hope | Hope is an inland town of ponds and lakes, Hobbs Pond, Alford Lake and part of Megunticook among them, with the newest housing in our area: its median year built is 1991. In 1886 the water-powered mills of South Hope made sash and doors. | 11 mi |
| Northport | Northport's Bayside Historic District holds Methodist camp-meeting cottages from about 1870 to 1920, trimmed in Gothic Revival and Queen Anne sawn work, described in its listing as the largest surviving such area in the state. Bayside is a self-governing village with its own zoning, so we check with Bayside and the town before a window comes out. | 18 mi |
| Searsmont | Searsmont was a mill town on the St. George River, with 15 sawmills by 1859 and a sash, blind and pump factory by 1886. Quantabacook Lake, 665 acres, lies along its edge, and 90.6 percent of its occupied homes are owner-occupied. | 18 mi |
| Belmont | Belmont is the smallest town we serve by housing, a rural town around Tilden Pond and Belmont Corner on Route 3. Even so, 26.9 percent of its housing dates from 1939 or earlier. | 20 mi |
Where Do We Replace Windows West and Inland of Rockland?
7 townsWest of Rockland we work up the St. George and the Medomak rivers and on inland, through seven towns of river villages, ridge farms and lake camps.
| Town | The houses | Miles from Rockland |
|---|---|---|
| Warren | Warren is a river village where the St. George stops being tidal, and its shipyards built 224 vessels between 1770 and 1850. The town's own FAQ says a new or enlarged window opening needs a permit. | 7 mi |
| Union | Union is a farm and mill town with Federal-era houses from before 1805, among them the Fuller and Maxcy houses in South Union, and The Common, deeded to the town in 1809, is on the National Register. Its biggest great pond is Seven Tree, at about 700 acres. | 11 mi |
| Waldoboro | Waldoboro sits where the tidal Medomak stops being navigable, settled by German immigrants Samuel Waldo recruited between 1741 and 1753, and its yards launched the Governor Ames in 1888. Its Historic Village District carries design standards, so we check with the code office before work there. | 13 mi |
| Appleton | Appleton is a ridge farm town about 15 miles inland from Penobscot Bay, with vacation cottages on Sennebec Pond. The town plan notes that some windows at the 1929 village school, now the Town Hall, were changed in the 1970s to conserve heat. | 15 mi |
| Washington | Washington is the most year-round of our inland towns, with only 9.5 percent of its housing seasonal, so January drafts matter more there than closing up a camp. Its villages include Razorville, Stickney Corner and Globe. | 17 mi |
| Jefferson | Jefferson's shore takes in the Great Bay of Damariscotta Lake, with Damariscotta Lake State Park inside its lines. Seasonal places make up 34.4 percent of its housing. | 18 mi |
| Nobleboro | Nobleboro lies along U.S. Route 1 with Damariscotta Lake and Pemaquid Pond inside its lines, and 28.5 percent of its housing is seasonal. Chimney Farm on East Neck is on the National Register. | 19 mi |
Which Saltwater Necks South of Rockland Do We Cover?
7 townsSouth and west of Rockland we cover seven saltwater towns, from Owls Head and Thomaston on the near side to the long peninsulas of St. George, Friendship and Bremen.
| Town | The houses | Miles from Rockland |
|---|---|---|
| Owls Head | Owls Head is a saltwater peninsula on Penobscot Bay, set off from South Thomaston in 1921, and 32.2 percent of its housing is seasonal. Its town plan describes beach camps at Ash Point and Crescent Beach that have grown into year-round homes. | 3 mi |
| South Thomaston | South Thomaston grew around tidal mills on the Weskeag River, where Elisha Snow built a sawmill after settling in 1767, and its villages include Keag Village and Spruce Head. Granite quarried there was polished by machine right in the village. | 4 mi |
| Thomaston | Thomaston's National Register district follows U.S. Route 1, and its Federal, Italianate and Greek Revival houses date from its years as a port, when two of the country's seven recorded millionaires around 1840 were Thomaston sea captains. The town has no historic commission and no window review on private homes. | 4 mi |
| Cushing | Cushing is a peninsula on Muscongus Bay between the Meduncook and St. George rivers, and the Olson House on Hathorn Point Road is the farmhouse in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. Its housing is newer than most of its neighbors', with a median year built of 1990. | 9 mi |
| St. George | St. George reaches into the Gulf of Maine, with 92.23 of its 117.25 square miles under water, and its villages include Tenants Harbor and Port Clyde. The Land's End Historic District holds summer cottages built from 1907 to 1919, mostly Shingle and Craftsman. | 11 mi |
| Friendship | Friendship is a boatbuilding peninsula and the home of the Friendship Sloop, with more water than land inside its lines. Garrison Island joins the mainland at low tide, and 37.9 percent of its housing is held for seasonal use. | 14 mi |
| Bremen | Bremen has the highest seasonal share of our towns, 38.8 percent of its housing, with Hog Island and Bremen Long Island out in Muscongus Bay. German settlers farmed and fished here, and lobstering and clamming still matter to the town. | 16 mi |
Ready to Have Your Windows Looked At?
Send us your town and what you want replaced, a few windows, the whole house or a door. Then we pick a day to come check each opening, and only after that do we write a price.