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Item 1393

B. Franklin Stahl and Everett Powers, Rangeley, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-07-18 Location: Rangeley Media: Photographic print

Item 21056

Franklin Pierce on nullification, 1833

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1833 Location: Saco; Portland; Saco; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 21031

Franklin Pierce to George Washington Pierce, 1828

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1828 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 52692

240 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Back Bay Motor Boat Club Use: Club House

Item 52528

120 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fannie Rodman Use: Apartments

Item 52678

210 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lyda Gribbin Use: Apartments

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109620

Plans of the Court House, Farmington, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Farmington Client: Franklin County Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 109597

Plans for House and Jail, Farmington, 1887-1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887–1916 Location: Farmington Client: Franklin County Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 110756

B&M store house and canning factory, Portland, 1918-1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918–1944 Location: Portland; Farmington; Livermore Falls Client: Burnham and Morrill Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Front Door, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Exhibit

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County Agriculture Society. When the farmers drove their wagons to Society meetings, they…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… include: Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… By 1901, at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, held on the Franklin Park, it was stated, “We have the finest…"