The village center grew on the north side of Pennesseewassee Stream, and is arrayed along Main Street, now designated Maine State Routes 117 and 118, east of a crossing of that stream.

The Opera House was built in 1894 in the wake of a devastating fire in May 1894, and became an anchor of the village.

[2] In addition to the Opera House, the village was home to a significant number of fraternal social organizations.

The Knights of Pythias and International Order of Odd Fellows both built meeting halls in the village, as did the locally unique Weary Club, a social organization for the elderly.

The principal civic buildings in the district are a small c. 1866 schoolhouse, the post office, and the library, the latter two being the two main representatives of Depression-era architecture.