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This 150-year-old colonial mansion houses one of the world's fanciest McDonald's restaurants

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"Fancy" and "McDonald's" usually don't belong in the same sentence.

But this Mickey D's location in Freeport, Maine looks pretty classy, considering it was built inside a 150-year-old mansion.

It's actually the only McDonald's in the town. Take a look below.

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Located in the small seaside town of Freeport, Maine, this McDonald's was first the historic Gore House. William Gore, a prominent Freeport merchant, built the mansion in 1850.

Source: The New York Times and The Freeport Historical Society



The building was converted into Freeport's only McDonald's in 1984.



The town of Freeport has strict building design codes, and McDonald's wanted to build a location in a residential zone.

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