Student Exhibit: Eureka Hall, Stockholm, Maine
written in 2005/2006 by an eighth grader at New Sweden School
This building is now known to all of us as a nice family, sit down restaurant in downtown Stockholm, Maine. There are now two present owners that run the business, Robert Rankin and Susie Anderson. The hall was originally built n the early 1920's by the Odd Fellows and they operated it for ten years. It was turned over to the Eureka Club and later to Albert Anderson. Other past owners. were: Ejner and Diane Adamson, Gary Raymond, Martin and Ruth Anderson, Frederick Anderson, Milton Joy, and Elsie Anderson.
There have been many businesses that have come and gone through this building. At first the building consisted of 3 stories and was all once a general store. It had a wide variety of businesses and was a bug part of town. Some of the things were: It was a general store, barber shop, pool table, a jail cell that was really just a holding cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past, the KKK meetings were held there, At one time or another all these businesses were run by different people in this building. In the 1970's the top story was torn down and we have our current building form.
In the present day, it is open as a restaurant up stairs, and down stairs it is a bar. It still has two bowling lanes in the back room. They are not working, but lanes are still there. They are open Thursday to Sunday and is the best place to eat in Aroostook county. It is a popular place for the local people to eat, and many people in the winter come up and end up eating there.
So through out the years Eureka Hall hasn't always been Eureka Hall. There have been many owners and businesses, and it is still proudly standing today. The building has lasted over eighty years and still looks much like it did long ago, except for losing one of its stories. It is located in Stockholm, Maine on the corner of School St. and Main St. so stop in some time.
Work Cited
ECHOES: The Northern Maine Journal, Issue No. 17, August 1992, Volume V, Number 3, "Eureka Hall," Anderson, Gordon A., p 20.
Bob Rankin, Present Co-Owner, Eureka Hall.
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