Hallowell
Hallowell combines a compact historic riverfront with a largely wooded setting in a way that reflects its position on Maine’s Kennebec River. Incorporated as a city in 1852, it developed as a river port and as a center for shipbuilding, lumber and granite. Its National Register historic district preserves the scale of the former commercial core in buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Hallowell is now known for independent shops, galleries, restaurants and antique businesses, while Augusta, Maine’s state capital, lies immediately to the north. The Kennebec’s broad tidal course remains the thread between this small city’s working past and its present-day cultural life.
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Built around a river port on the Kennebec River, Hallowell grew into a compact Maine city shaped by trade, shipbuilding and granite. Water Street remains its historic spine, with 18th- and 19th-century buildings recalling the period when the river linked inland communities with the Atlantic. Independent shops, antiques businesses and restaurants keep the old commercial district active today. Granite was once an important part of Hallowell’s economy and remains part of the city’s identity. Continue with other webcams from the Kennebec Valley to see how this part of Maine connects regionally.
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