James P. White House

The White House is located south of Belfast's central business district, at the southern end of Church Street, occupying a triangular lot at the corner of High Street. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof topped by a widow's walk and cupola, and a granite foundation. The front and sides are finished in flushboard siding, with clapboards elsewhere. The building corners have oversides pilasters with Doric capitals, rising to a multi-level entablature that encircles the building. The main facade is three bays wide, the center one projecting and rising to a gabled roof. The main entrance, and a second floor balcony entrance, are both recessed in this projecting, the recessed area articulated by pilasters and fluted columns.^[2]

The house was designed by Calvin Ryder, a local architect, for James Patterson White, and was completed in 1840. White, a Belfast native, was a successful businessman who served for two years as mayor. Later owners of the house included James Taliaferro, a Florida Senator who owned it as a summer residence.^[2] In the late 20th century the building served as a bed and breakfast inn. By 2015, the White House is a private residence once again. The present owner has erected a tall, white plastic fence around the property which prevents a clear view of the house.

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Waldo County, Maine