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Charles Berry House // 1899
Photo courtesy of Berry Manor InnThe Charles Berry House is located at81 Talbot Avenue in Rockland, Maine, and it is one of the towns finest examples of a residence built in the Colonial Revival style. The house was built forCharles Howard Berry (1849-1909), a businessman whooperated a stage route, livery stables, and later entered the hotel business. He would hire Portland-based architect, Austin Pease, to furnish the plans for the house and adjacent carriage house. The residence features a symmetrical faade with front porch and porte-cochere, Palladian window over the entrance, bowed front, and ornate dormers at the roof. The entire property is lovingly maintained and preserved and is now home to theBerry Manor Inn, an up-scale bed & breakfast that maintains the old charm of Rockland, while providing high-class finishes.
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