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Keywords: Spring Street

Historical Items

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Item 12891

State and Spring Street, Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 72957

House at 2 Spring Street, Lubec, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 35277

Summer Street School, Biddeford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Silver print photograph

Tax Records

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Item 58054

Garage, High through to Spring Street Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Abraham Goodside Use: Garage

Item 76292

150 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis Helfont Use: Apartments

Item 76311

202 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William Cruikshank Use: Shop

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109360

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

Item 109980

Three-Apartment house for Mr. T.L. Callan, Spring St., Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: T. L. Callan Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 110028

House for the Lynch estate at 145 Spring St., Portland, ca. 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Portland Client: Michael Lynch Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Online Exhibits

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Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

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High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Site Pages

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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

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Music in Maine - Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840

"Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Colonel Freeman McGilvery (1823-1864) of Stockton…"

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Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"… was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood in 1902. The large white building on the right is the Plumly Building, home of the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Village Cafe - A Place We Called Home
by Michael Fixaris

The Village Cafe was more than a restaurant. It was an extension of our homes and our families.

Story

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars