Sweat-Morin Homestead

The Reverend Moses Sweat Homestead and Virginia H. Morin Preserve

Virginia Hurd Morin, who passed away in 2022 at the age of 99, left a significant bequest to the Mousam Way Land Trust which included the Reverend Moses Sweat’s 1786 home and barn on lower School Street in Sanford, Maine. 

In cooperation with the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society, a restoration plan was developed and the painstaking process of repairing and restoring the house, barn and five acres of the surrounding homestead began in 2023. The project's mission is to create a living history museum open to the public where visitors can see what life was like in rural Maine during the late 18th century — the time of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

The Virginia Hurd Morin Preserve is 95 acres of undisturbed woodland that is held and managed by the Mousam Way Land Trust. A loop trail will be built for visitors to enjoy the property which reaches from the Mousam River (west) over to Cane Brook (east). The trailhead is located on the north end of the property.