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Historic Downtown Excursions

We invite you to tour some of Sanford’s earliest homes, other important public buildings and the town’s first commercial district, built around the railroad. Enjoy any or all of the brief, self-guided walking excursions referenced below.

For audio descriptions of art murals at individual sites, download the Otocast app.

Hawkins Avenue Excursion

Historic Homes of Sanford

  • First Presbyterian Church – 1914 – 205 Hawkins Avenue
  • John & Daisy Ingram House – 1924 – 206 Hawkins Avenue
  • Edwin & Mary Gavin House – 1922 – 305 Hawkins Avenue
  • John D. McIver House – 1885 – 309 Hawkins Avenue
  • Duncan & Kate McIver House – 1893 – 315 Hawkins Avenue
  • Hilands-Crabtree House – 1900 – 405 Hawkins Avenue

North Steele Excursion

Historic Public Buildings

  • Former Sanford Public Library – c.1927 – 118 North Steele Street
  • Sanford Herald Building – c.1935 – 208-210 St. Clair Court
  • Perry Building – c.1935 – 140 North Steele Street
  • Medical Building – c.1935 – 153 North Steele Street
  • Former Scott Hospital – 1924 – 105 Gordon Street
  • First Baptist Church – 1924-25 – 202 Summit Drive
  • St. Thomas Episcopal Church – 1929-31 – 312 North Steele Street

Chatham Street Excursion

Sanford’s First Commercial District

  • Sanford Buggy Co. Livery Stable – c1908 – 115 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1912 – 129 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1910 – 131 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1910 – 147 Chatham Street
  • Lutterloh Clinic – 1909 – 201 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1905 – 219 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1925 – 229 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1920 – 231 Chatham Street
  • Commercial Building – c.1920 – 303 Chatham Street
  • Railroad Freight Depot – c.1926 – 317 Chatham Street