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Description
This building on Wadsworth Street was a store from about 1790 until 1970. Over a period of 160 years, it served as a store for General Knox, Ballard and Green, Foster, Boynton and Miller (1833-1846), Merrill, Burgess and O'Brien (1857-1864) and Dunn and Elliot (1864-1970).
Situated at the foot of Wadsworth Street, just prior to the George's River bridge, it was near the site of the original trading post built in 1630. The building no longer stands.
About This Item
- Title: Burgess and O'Brien Store, Thomaston, ca. 1860
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: BusinessPhotographBox
- Object Type: Image
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- 18th century building
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- Boynton and Miller
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- Dunn and Elliot
- General Knox
- Merrill
- O'Brien and Burgess
- store
- Thomaston business
- Wadsworth Street
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Thomaston Historical SocietyPO Box 384, Thomaston, ME 04861
(207) 354 2295
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