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Title: The Congregational and Episcopal Churches in Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library

Date: circa 1920

Location: Bar Harbor; Eden

Media: Postcard

Title: Pine Street Congregational Church, Lewiston

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library

Date: circa 1900

Media: phototransparency

Title: Three churches, Lubec, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: 1907

Location: Lubec

Media: Unused unbordered divided back halftone postcard

Address: 14 Church Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Heirs of Harrison J. Libby

Use: Storehouse

Address: 16 Church Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: William A Guptill

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 353 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: First Baptist Church of Portland

Use: Church

West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

La Basilique Lewiston

Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.

Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

First Parish in Portland

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Lincoln, Maine

The history of a long-time mill town as depicted by seventh and eighth grade students at Mattanawcook Junior High School, with help from Lincoln Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial Library. The site includes exhibits on the paper industry, founding fathers, wartime Lincoln, Main Street, influential institutions, and communication and transportation.