Look inside one of the fanciest McDonald's restaurants in the world, built inside a 150-year-old colonial mansion
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- Some McDonald's locations are designed to be sympathetic with the surrounding town, like this restaurant in Freeport, Maine.
- Built inside a 150-year-old colonial mansion, this McDonald's is not your average location.
- Inside, visitors can find classy furnishings, fireplaces, and, some years, seasonal lobster rolls.
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"Fancy" and "McDonald's" usually don't belong in the same sentence.
This McDonald's location, however, was built inside a preexisting, 150-year-old colonial mansion.
Located in Freeport, a small seaside town in Maine, the building was converted into the town's only McDonald's in 1984. It's still the only McDonald's in the town.
Take a look inside this unique McDonald's location.
The McDonald's location is in Freeport, a small seaside town in Maine.
Michael G McKinne/ShutterstockIt's only a few blocks from L.L. Bean's headquarters, an outlet mall, and luxury stores like Polo Ralph Lauren and Burberry.
In 1984, the historic Gore House was converted into Freeport's only McDonald's.
Gabe Souza/Portland Press Herald/Getty ImagesWilliam Gore, a prominent Freeport merchant, built the mansion in 1850, according to the New York Times and The Freeport Historical Society.
The town of Freeport has strict building design codes, and McDonald's wanted to build a location in a residential zone.
Lisa R./YelpInitially, Freeport's 6,200 residents were pretty evenly divided about the McDonald's construction.
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