OLSON HOUSE

CUSHING, ME

Olson House is a historic house located in Cushing, Maine. It was built in 1882 by the Olson family, and is a prime example of Shingle style architecture. The house is two and a half stories, with a gambrel roof and two and a half stories of windows. The exterior is characterized by its shingles, with a wide porch on the second story and a dormer window centered on the front facade.

Inside, the house is divided into two floors, with a sitting room, parlor, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and four bedrooms on the second floor. All of the rooms feature original woodwork, with beadboard wainscoting, carved wood trim around windows and doors, and wood floors throughout. The house also includes a back staircase and a full basement.

The house is notable for its association with Andrew Wyeth, the renowned American painter, who painted the house and its surrounding landscape multiple times throughout his career. His most famous painting of the house, titled “Olson House”, is currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open to the public for tours by appointment. The house remains largely unchanged since Wyeth painted it, making it a unique and important piece of American art and architecture.

OLSON HOUSE is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in CUSHING ME. US MID #8402300031

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont).

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• telephone: 2073540102
• website: http://farnsworthmuseum.org

OLSON HOUSE
427 HATHORNE POINT RD
CUSHING
ME
04563

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