Maine Memory Network
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Title: Eureka Hotel, Danforth, ca. 1911

Contributed by: East Grand School

Date: circa 1911

Location: Danforth

Media: Photograph

Title: The Renovated Eureka Hotel

Contributed by: East Grand School

Date: 1911

Location: Danforth

Media: Postcard

Title: Eastland and Congress Square Hotels, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1927-01-12

Location: Portland

Media: Photographic print

Address: 149-151 High Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Congress Square Hotel Company

Use: Hotel Annex

Address: 153-155 High Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Congress Square Hotel Company

Use: Hotel Annex

Address: 579-585 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Rines Real Estate Co.

Use: Hotel

Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

Urban Renewal, Urban Removal

Urban renewal, a post World War II impulse to clean up "slums" and other blights in urban areas, led both to renewed economic activities in some cities and towns in Maine and the loss of a number of grand buildings. The loss of the structures helped prompt historic preservation efforts in the state.

Poland Spring Preservation Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay

A history of one of Maine’s many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary

A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.