Maine Memory Network

Fire at Samoset House on Mouse Island in Boothbay Harbor, 1913

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1913 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Higgins property, S. Side "A" Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nellie I. Higgins Use: Summer Dwelling

Plans for Bay Point Hotel, Rockland, 1889-1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889–1902 Location: Rockland Client: H. Ricker and Sons Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

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.

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.

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Point Hotel in Rockland in 1902, renaming it the Samoset Hotel. That year Wilkinson provided the Rickers with a dramatic pencil rendering showing…"