The Skolfield-Whittier House has a unique and wondrous story. Two brothers whose family made its fortune building ships and freighting goods around the world completed it between 1858 and 1862. Each brother lived on one side of this semi-detached structure. One half of the house was eventually sold off to a succession of owners, the last of which is now the Pejepscot Historical Society.

Three generations of Skolfields and Whittiers made their home in the other half now the Skolfield-Whittier House. It remains to this day a time capsule of Victorian America. As one moves through each room, the completeness of the house’s collection of art and artifacts becomes more apparent. There are very few such homes where the entire estate of a Victorian sea captain’s family and that of his descendants are preserved as though the original occupants might return at any time to throw open the windows and resume their lives.