Billings Homestead (HOM.13)

Photos of Samuel and Patience Billings and of the home Samuel built in 1820.

Samuel Billings built this house at the corner of Reach Road and Caterpillar in 1820, the year Maine became a state as part of the Missouri Compromise. The house is still owned by descendant Sylvia Conner Wardwell.

Samuel Billings built this house at the corner of Reach Road and Caterpillar in 1820, the year Maine became a state as part of the Missouri Compromise. The house is still owned by descendant Sylvia Conner Wardwell.

Samuel Billings

Samuel Billings

Patience Billings

Patience Billings, Samuel’s wife