City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 156 Gardiner Rd. (Route 27)
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 18 High St.
3. Castle Tucker And The Nickels-Sortwell House
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (207) 882-7169
Description: Here is another pair of buildings kept up by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Castle Tucker was built in 1807 and remodeled shortly before the Civil War, and many of the furnishings of the bright yellow showplace are original. Also dating to 1807, the Nickels-Sortwell House is a Federal mansion of unique architectural details and a lot of antique furnishings—just one look at the place and you’ll understand quickly how well some of the more prosperous sea captains lived. Castle Tucker is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Nickels-Sortwell Friday through Sunday from June 1 through October 15. Tours are given on the hour between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
4. The 1811 Lincoln County Museum And Old Jail
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (207) 882-6817
Address: Federal St.
Description: In a residential area packed with old homes is this old penitentiary—the state prison until the one in Thomaston was built—and woe be to anyone who got stuck in here. The jail dates back to 1809-1811 and was in use until the 1950s. In its history it has been home to your usual thieves and murderers, but it was also used to imprison French sailors, back when privateering was happening off the coast, as well as British POWs. The interior consists largely of big, cold granite blocks with barred windows and iron doors, and there is still some neat graffiti—ships, names, dates, and poetry—scratched on the walls. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in July and August and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. with varying hours in the off-season.
5. Wiscasset Raceway
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (207) 882-4271
Address: West Alna Rd.
Description: An antidote to the slow-going Route 1 traffic this town has become famous for, the Wiscasset Raceway—the biggest and fastest asphalt oval in the state—holds events on most weekends from May through mid-October. These might be anything from monster truck rallies to the Friday night racing series. It’s noisy and fast and everything you want regional stock car racing to be. Tickets range from $10 to $20, depending on the races.
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 485 Chewonki Neck Rd.
City: Wiscasset, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 156 Gardiner Rd. (Route 27)