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Description
The Skolfield-Whittier House was constructed between 1858-1862 and has remained virtually unchanged for more than 100 years. Built by money made in the early 19th century shipping industry–and its reliance on the southern slave economy*, the home later produced trailblazers in many areas of society.
In the second and third generations were Eugenie Skolfield Whittier, an early suffragette and civil activist; her husband, Dr. Frank Whittier, a pioneer of forensic medicine and Cumberland County’s first Medical Examiner; their daughter Isabel Whittier, tenured history professor at Brooklyn College and author of several books and articles; and their daughter, Dr. Alice Whittier, the first female pediatrician in Maine and first female head of Pediatrics at Maine Medical Center.
After 1925, the house was used as a summer home by Eugenie, Alice, and Isabel, and few changes were made. It contains everything from the receipts used in the house’s construction to the 1920s spices in the kitchen pantry. Restoration work has been ongoing in the house since 2015, with the first floor largely completed in 2019. The house’s eighteen rooms and halls provide an unparalleled glimpse into nineteenth-century upper middle-class life in Maine. They include furnishings, textiles, artwork, and household goods from around the world, and the ephemera of daily life.
Date & Time
May 22 - Aug 22, 2026
Venue Details
Skolfield-Whittier House
161 Park RowBrunswick, Maine 04011
