09/27/2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
Castle Tucker
2 Lee Street
Wiscasset
Event Type
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on the final Behind Closed Doors tour of the season Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Whether you are a first time or repeat visitor, there is something new to see on this leisurely in-depth tour that includes rooms not included on the general tour. This unique mansion is entirely authentic, filled with the original furnishings and decoration of the Tucker family who lived here for over 140 years.
Castle Tucker is located at 2 Lee Street in Wiscasset. Advance ticket purchase is required. Space is limited. Admission is $15 for members of Historic New England, $25 for nonmembers. Buy tickets today at https://my.historicnewengland.org/24947/closed-doors-927.
Built in 1807, Castle Tucker was the dream home of Judge Silas Lee and his wife Tempe. The couple entertained often and enjoyed an elegant lifestyle in their new home. In 1858, Richard Tucker, Jr. and his young wife Mollie moved into the house, immediately turning it into a fashionable Victorian home for their family of five children, who went on to live extraordinary lives outside Wiscasset. Hear the stories of this talented and unusual family, passed down through personal letters saved by their granddaughter. Little was changed in the house after 1900, so visitors see the house as it was when the Tuckers lived here,
including the 1858 parlor and a kitchen with four generations of cooking technology still in place where it was used. FMI on Castle Tucker and Historic New England, visit https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/castle-tucker.
