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Historical Items

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Item 11043

Waterfront and downtown Bath, 1851

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1851 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

Item 27928

Bath Town Hall, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1909-09-03 Location: Bath Media: Postcard

Item 27876

1838 Bath Town House Expenses Report

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1838-03-23 Location: Bath; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110083

Preliminary Sketches for Changes in Town Hall, Freeport, 1920-1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1930 Location: Freeport Client: Freeport Town Hall Architect: Poor & Thomas

Item 109223

Bangor-Old Town Municipal Airport, Bangor, 1945-1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1948 Location: Bangor Client: Cities of Bangor and Old Town Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109369

Town Hall at Brunswick, Brunswick, 1882

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: Brunswick Client: Town of Brunswick Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

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Belfast During the Civil War: The Home Front

Belfast residents responded to the Civil War by enlisting in large numbers, providing relief from the home front to soldiers, defending Maine's shoreline, and closely following the news from soldiers and from various battles.

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

Site Pages

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Site Page

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Many of the earlier uses of City Hall for specific organizations have been relocated to their own buildings."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Story

Sister Madeleine Couture: Dedicating her life to teaching
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The story of a life immersed in family and teaching

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Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.