Colburn house almost ready for tourists again

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By Mechele Cooper mcooper@centralmaine.com Staff Writer

PITTSTON -- The $200,000 historic restoration of Reuben Colburn's 1765 home, carriage house and barn is close to completion.

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Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands historian Tom Desjardin hopes to have the restoration of the 1765 Reuben Colburn homestead in Pittston completed by June. The state has spent approximately $200,000 over the last three years repairing the historic home, barns and carriage house on the Kennebec River.

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Tom Desjardin, historian for the state Bureau of Parks & Land, said the three-year project will end in June. Then the home of Colburn, who helped Colonel Benedict Arnold on his Revolutionary War expedition to Quebec City, will once again be open for tours in July and August.

Desjardin said it's been 30 years since anything has been done to the state's historic site.

He said workers have been putting the finishing touches on Colburn's home, including an old Greek Revival style door surround that includes door pillars and the door step.

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