PHC Walking Tour - Brunswick’s Sears Kit Houses

159 Park Row,Brunswick ME 04011

01 August, 2021

Description

Pejepscot History Center's popular Summer Walking Tour series - Brunswick’s Sears Kit Houses, led by Aimée Keithan. For years, Pejepscot History Center walking tours have offered stories of the past, perspective on the landscape, social time, and exercise to participants. Of the 12 tours this June-September, a whopping 8 are brand new or heavily revised. Please visit https://pejepscothistorical.org/events/summer-walking-tours for full descriptions of all tours. Brunswick’s Sears Kit Houses, led by Aimée Keithan. New this year, PHC’s Museum Services Manager, an architectural historian with a doctorate in historic house conservation, takes participants on a walk along Longfellow Avenue, a hub of mid-20th-century Sears Kit homes. Yes, you could buy a whole house from the Sears catalogue! Learn about the Brunswick builder who put them up, the families that lived there (and now), and the characteristics that will help you spot the architecture in the future. Please note that this tour begins at the corner of Harpswell Road and Longfellow Avenue. Participants meet at starting point. Please check-in with tour leader at least 10 minutes prior to tour time. Space is limited. PHC maintains a waiting list for each tour in case of cancellations. Most tours are 75-90 minutes. Pejepscot History Center is a non-profit, educational organization charged with preserving the collective heritage of Brunswick, Harpswell, and Topsham. The Society owns and operates the Joshua L. Chamberlain House Museum and the Skolfield-Whittier House, both of which are open to the public Memorial Day-Columbus Day. For further information please call the Center at 207.729.6606 or find us at www.pejepscothistorical.org.