Maine Memory Network

Menu, Poland Spring House, 1940

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1940 Location: Poland Spring Media: Ink on paper

Menu, Poland Spring resort, 1884

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1884 Location: Poland Spring Media: Ink on paper

322 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary E. Moore Use: Rooming House

52 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel Rosenberg Use: Rooming House

House on Craigie Street for Mrs. Arthur T. Spring, Portland, 1920-1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1939 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Arthur T. Spring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Alterations for Poland Spring House, South Poland, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Poland Client: unknown Architect: Fasset and Stevens 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.

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.

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America. Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies."

Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.