Maine Room - DAR Museum




In one of Memorial Continental Hall's Period Rooms,
the MSODAR maintains the Maine Room, which is furnished as a colonial parlor.

This Captain's desk was purchased in Maine and transported to our Maine Room. It was dedicated at Continental Congress, July 2002 by State Regent, Polly Bartow.   This lovely birch and mahogany desk was made in or near Augusta, Maine circa 1830.    It features a fold down slanted writing surface over a base of drawers.  The top doors open to reveal a bookcase on the top and storage cubbies just above the writing surface. It coordinates perfectly with the birch and mahogany tall case clock purchased for the room several years ago. The desk was bought at auction from an Augusta family that had owned it for over 100 years, the most recent owner having been a member of DAR!

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