Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
In 1841 Whitneyville was part of Machias. To become a separate town there had to be a church and ten households headed by men.
In 1845 the criteria were met; a town was incorporated and became Whitneyville. It was named for Joseph Whitney, a Calais businessman who started a lumber business in 1836.
About This Item
- Title: Main Street looking south, Whitneyville, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Whitneyville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.75 cm x 17.75 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.114406
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Photographs--Maine
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Postcards--Maine
- Houses--Maine--Whitneyville
- Main Street (Whitneyville, Me.)
- Streets--Maine--Whitneyville
- Whitney, Joseph--Commemoration
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(207) 548-2529
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