Photos from Adventures in Kennebunkport, Maine

My fam­i­ly and I took a short trip up to Ken­neb­unkport, Maine this week­end to vis­it rel­a­tives and I took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to take some pic­tures in a state in which the scenery looks like it could be put on a post­card every­where you walk (except when ama­teur me is tak­ing the pho­to evidently).

All of the fol­low­ing pho­tos are accred­it­ed to Matt Zabierek. 

Cape Neddick Lighthouse

Locat­ed at Cape Ned­dick in York, Maine, this light­house is con­sid­ered by some to be one of the most pic­turesque light­hous­es in the state. It first began oper­a­tion in 1879 after Con­gress approved it in 1874 as a mea­sure to reduce boat­ing acci­dents off the coast of Maine. Although the pub­lic does not have access to the grounds of the light­house today, that does­n’t stop peo­ple like me from tak­ing pictures.

 

 

The Wedding Cake House

Orig­i­nal­ly built in 1825 by local ship­builder George Bourne, the build­ing orig­i­nal­ly start­ed out as a “state­ly fed­er­al-style brick home that was occu­pied by Bourne and his wife Jane. After a fire that near­ly destroyed the entire home, Bourn was com­pelled by the death of loved one to restore the car­riage house and barn using inspi­ra­tion from Euro­pean Goth­ic archi­tec­ture. It is now ref­fered to as the Wed­ding Cake House sim­ply because of its wed­ding cake-like appear­ance. Many locals called it the most pho­tographed home in the state.

(Per­son­al note: My mom, sis­ters and I vis­it­ed Maine a hand­ful of times when we were lit­tle and this house was one of our favorite things to visit/look at, so it was cool to get to see it again years later.

Also, prob­a­bly worth not­ing that some of these pho­tos were tak­en just moments before a woman — who I was unaware cur­rent­ly lived there — came out to polite­ly ask what I was doing in her backyard.)

 

Walker’s Point

This com­pound was the sum­mer home to Pres­i­dent George H. W. Bush. It was orig­i­nal­ly pur­chased in the late 19th cen­tu­ry by the Pres­i­den­t’s great-grand­fa­ther and has been passed down in the Bush fam­i­ly ever since. The gate to the prop­er­ty is guard­ed by secret ser­vice mem­bers at all times (why I could only get a wide shot). The estate is said to include its own swim­ming pool, ten­nis court, golf-green and boat dock among oth­er ameni­ties. Among those who have vis­it­ed the estate include Bill Clin­ton, Vladimir Putin and for­mer Israeli prime min­is­ter Yitzhak Rabin. Many locals told me that although George H. W. Bush does not still reg­u­lar­ly vis­it, George W. Bush does stay in the com­plex a few times a year, how­ev­er I was­n’t able to con­tact him to con­firm this.

 

 

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