Hamilton House
40 Vaughan’s Lane
South Berwick, Maine 03908
A Riverside Retreat
In a picturesque setting overlooking the Salmon Falls River, this striking Georgian mansion, a National Landmark c. 1785, and its landscape share a history that mirrors that of its Southern Maine region. Home to the Wabanaki people, the site was purchased unceded by merchant Jonathan Hamilton for his shipping business in the eighteenth century, farmed by the Goodwin family in the nineteenth century, and restored as the summer retreat of Emily Tyson and her stepdaughter Elise at the turn of the twentieth.
Today Hamilton House reflects the occupancy of the Tysons in the early twentieth century. It is one of the region’s quintessential country estates of that era. The house features two whimsical murals commissioned by the women as well as antique furnishings and handcrafted decorative arts they collected. The elaborate perennial garden, with its charming garden cottage, provides visitors with a place to stroll and picnic overlooking the river.
Website link: https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/hamilton-house/
Image Credits: historicnewengland.org unless otherwise noted
