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Description
Shown here is a carriage in front of the Lincoln House Hotel with "Just Married" written on the top. What looks like rice floating above the carriage may have been thrown onto the married couple as their carriage departs.
The Lincoln House was built in 1836 by William Leighton. The second floor of the hotel was a long ell known as the Lincoln House Hall. It was a large part of the social life in Lincoln. It became an important gathering place during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. The news of the war was brought by mail stage, with a single newspaper serving many and large crowds gathered as the stage arrived.
There were many notable visitors listed in the Lincoln House registers which are now owned by the Lincoln Historical Society. On September 12, 1869, Major General J. G. Longstreet, a southern general in the Civil war stopped at the Lincoln House.
The building was demolished in 1958 with just enough of the building standing to have a modern restaurant to operate in connection with the Lincoln House Motel.
About This Item
- Title: Just married, Lincoln House Hotel, Lincoln, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Buildings--Maine--Lincoln
- Carriages & coaches--Maine--Lincoln
- Weddings--Maine--Lincoln
- Hotels--Maine--Lincoln
- Rites & ceremonies--Maine--Lincoln
- Lincoln House Hotel (Lincoln, Me.)
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Lincoln Historical Society29 West Broadway, Lincoln, ME 04457
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