Wallingford Hall

Historical marker location:

25 York St, Kennebunk, Maine

( Marker is on York Street (U.S. 1) just north of Swan Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Kennebunk, Maine. The Museum in the Streets.

Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition: Maine was the first state to adopt Prohibition in 1851, almost 70 years before the rest of the country followed suit. However, it was also one of the first states to repeal Prohibition, doing so in 1934.