| Richardson House | |
| Location: | 11 Lincoln St., Brunswick, Maine |
| Coordinates: | 43.9117°N -69.97°W |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| Added: | May 16, 1974 |
| Refnum: | 74000165 |
| Nrhp Type2: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Designated Nrhp Type2: | December 12, 1976 |
| Partof: | Lincoln Street Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 76000094 |
The Richardson House, also known as the Captain George McManus House, is a historic house at 11 Lincoln Street in Brunswick, Maine. Built in 1857, it is a fine local example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture in brick. McManus, for whom it was built, was a prominent local ship's captain.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. For a time, it housed the museum of the Pejepscot Historical Society.
The Richardson House stands on the south side of Lincoln Street, just west of the town's business district. It is a two-story brick building with a hip roof and a granite foundation. The roof cornice is broad and studded with irregularly spaced Italianate brackets, with a line of dentil moulding. The street-facing facade is three bays wide, with all windows, with the Colonial Revival entrance set in a projection to the left, under a flat-roofed porch supported by square paneled pillars. The second floor's windows are set in round-arch openings, with a shallow iron balcony extending across all three.[1]
The house was built in 1857 for George McManus, a master mariner who lived here until his death in 1864. It is one of the region's finest examples of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate design, but its architect is unknown. In the mid-20th century, it was owned by the locally prominent Richardson family, and it served for several years as the parsonage for St. Paul's Episcopal Church.[1] It thereafter housed the museum collection for the Pejepscot Historical Society for a time; its collections are now in the Skolfield-Whittier House.
Richardson House is now an Airbnb and was featured in a recent Youtube video from Brunswick.