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Keywords: Town Hall
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Item 16435
Title: Sanford Town Hall, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee
Date: circa 1900
Location: Sanford
Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 33783
Title: Guilford Town Hall, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Guilford
Media: Photograph
Item 12349
Title: Topsham Town Hall, 1954
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: 1954
Location: Topsham
Media: Photograph, print
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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.
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The history of the smallest city in Maine as created by a team consisting of the Hallowell Area Board of Trade, Hubbard Free Library, The Row House, Vaughan Homestead Foundation, Hallowell Firemen’s Association, and students from Hall-Dale Middle School. Topics covered include: natural disasters, the granite industry and other industries central to the development of the city, firefighters and police, Hallowell’s contribution to modern medicine, the Kennebec River, and more.
Site
The history of downtown Bath as created by the students of Bath Middle School, with assistance from members of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library and Bath Historical Society. Seventeen exhibits examine various historic blocks in the downtown section of the city.
Site
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.