The Wedding Cake House is located at Kennebunk Main. After leaving Kennebunkport, we drove to Kennebunk. We set out to find the house which is said to be the most photographed house in Main
wife and mother at the house
We found that the house which built by George W Bourne in1825 sitting beside the road to Kennebunk. Bourne was a ship builder and continued to add to his house for the remainder of his life. The hose is really amazing to see. I find it more so because of the tools Bourne would have had to use to shape the wood.
Wedding Cake House
I think anyone with interest in woodwork would enjoy seeing this house.
Portsmouth Lighthouse New Hampshire was my next stop after leaving Marblehead. I drove to Portsmouth Harbor and found this beautiful old Lighthouse. It sits near a Coast Guard Station. Through my reading I have found that the lighthouse has always been near military post of some type. The commander of the post often bore the responsibilities of lighthouse keeper.
Portsmouth Lighthouse New Hampshire
the Lighthouse was first constructed in 1771 and was built beside a fort. In reading, I found an interesting thing. Paul Revere made a ride before his famous midnight ride. Four months before the well known ride Revere rode north warning the colonists that the English army was seizing all stores of gun powder.
Portsmouth Lighthouse New Hampshire Historical Marker
The next day John Langdon recruited several hundred men and attacked the fort. No one was killed in the battle but Langdon did leave with over one hundred barrels of gun powder. This make Portsmouth the first English fortification to surrender to colonial forces.
