Worth A Visit

The house contains remarkable survivals from Federal-era New England, including:

• Fisher's artwork, including paintings, drawings, watercolors, and woodblock prints

• Furniture he built and finished for his family and others

• Superb collection of homemade surveying instruments, carefully preserved

• Large camera obscura that he designed and built himself to aid in drawing

• His extensive library

• Outside, a re-creation of his 1820 orchard from Fisher’s original plans, incorporating a 200-year old pear tree

Planning Your Visit

Individual Visits do not need to be prearranged; come to the house during opening hours and a docent will meet you and guide you through.  (Visits do not normally begin after 3:30pm. )

Group Visits: We are happy to accommodate group visits. Please email or call for appointment or information.

School Visits: We welcome school visits during the Spring and Fall and can tailor programs to suit the group. Please call or email for details.

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Jonathan Fisher in the News

Fisher's Sunspots featured in Space.com article

Jonathan Fisher's meticulous diary-keeping 200 years ago has been paying off recently as scientists have taken greater interest in his observations of sunspots during the year 1816. Read the full article from space.com.

Bangor Daily profiles "Thomas Jefferson of Maine"

The BDN published a profile of Jonathan Fisher, featuring comments about his life and legacy. Read the story here.

AGU highlights Fisher's sunspots

The American Geophysical Union picked up the story of Fisher's sunspots after William Denig, chief of the Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado, published a paper on their significance in Space Weather, a journal published by the AGU. Read an article here.