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Description
John Martin of Bangor drew and described the Hampden Town House as it appeared in 1849.
Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and dance enthusiast, conducted a dancing school in the building in 1849 and drew the illustration in a journal about his life and activities that he began in 1864.
He wrote, "The Old Town House in Hampden has to this day a quantity of powder & balls which were deposited there by the fathers of this section which were on the ground in rear of the academy at the time the british soldiers were on the banks of the River ready for action when our Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a round should have his head cut off."
He added later that the building was torn down in 1872.
The illustration is on page 275 of his journal.
About This Item
- Title: Hampden Town House, 1849
- Creator: John Martin
- Creation Date: 1864
- Subject Date: 1849
- Location: Hampden, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1972; 1997.16.4
- Object Type: Image
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- Hampden (Me. : Town)
- Accounting-Maine--Bangor
- Bangor (Me.)--History
- Dance parties--Maine--Bangor
- Martin, John, 1823-1904
- Diaries
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