Keywords: Building Hospitals
Item 100709
Dedication groundbreaking of St. Joseph Hospital building, Bangor, 1962
Contributed by: St. Joseph Healthcare Date: 1962-03-19 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 104386
Plot plan for the new Mercy Hospital, Portland, 1941
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: 1941 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 57932
56-70 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Children's Hospital Use: Hospital
Item 57933
91 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Children's Hospital Use: Connecting Corridor
Item 111134
Osteopathic Hospital, Portland, 1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Portland Client: Portland Osteopathic Hospital Architect: Stevens and Saunders Architects
Item 109448
Maine Insane Hospital Buildings, Augusta, 1893-1913
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1913 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus
Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital
"1930Northern Light Mercy Hospital The Story of Mercy Hospital began in the fall of 1918, with one of the greatest health crisis in the city's…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy
"… Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital The demand for a hospital was so great that Bishop Walsh decided to establish a new one."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
