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Historical Items

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Item 11857

Skowhegan's Third High School Building, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1920 Location: Skowhegan Media: Postcard

Item 11858

Skowhegan's Second High School Building, ca. 1858

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1858 Location: Skowhegan Media: Postcard

Item 11856

Bloomfield Academy Building, Skowhegan, 2003

Contributed by: An individual through Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1840 Location: Skowhegan Media: Color print scanned in grayscale

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109907

High school building, Skowhegan, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Skowhegan Client: Town of Skowhegan Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The Skowhegan Island Skowhegan dam X Fishing on the Kennebec X by Kate Hodgdon, Scott Clarke, and Gus Hoy Skowhegan Island has been a…"

Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area by Lee Granville Near the border of Skowhegan lies a fertile piece of land along the Kennebec and Sandy Rivers."

Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"… Theological Institution offering Bloomfield, now Skowhegan, as the site of a new college they intended to build."

My Maine Stories

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Story

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam