North Harpswell, Maine
Merrucoonegan Barn
Merrucoonegan Farm Barn.
This large barn was constructed in 1897 by father and son George and Daniel Skolfield. They were great-grandson and great-great-grandson of Thomas Skolfield, an Irish immigrant who settled here in the mid-1700s.
The barn anchors the eastern side of a huge set of wood-frame buildings that, according to the Society of Architectural Historians, is the largest remaining example of continuous architecture in Maine, and possibly all of New England. Merrucoonegan is the Abenaki word meaning “easy carrying place”. Abenaki natives used a nearby low, flat area of field and marsh to portage canoes between what are now called Skolfield Cove and Middle Bay Cove.