Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: Gould School, Fairfield, ca. 1935

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

Date: circa 1935

Location: Fairfield

Media: Photographic print

Title: A. R. Gould Residence, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

Date: 1895

Location: Presque Isle

Media: photogravure print, ink on paper

Title: Captian Benjamin Gould House, Winthrop Street, Hallowell, 1968

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library

Date: 1968

Location: Hallowell

Media: Photograph

Address: 11-13 Gould Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Gordon F. Taylor

Style: Vernacular Victorian

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 1245 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Susan Gould

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 191 Coyle Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Frank Gould

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village

The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.