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Historical Items

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Item 12180

Tontine Hotel fire, Brunswick, 1904

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1904 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print

Item 103227

The Lafayette Hotel fire, Houlton, 1911

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1911-02-15 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 14886

Windsor Hotel fire, Bangor, 1950

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1950-04-14 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111328

The Bethel Inn, Bethel, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Bethel Client: Dr. J. G. Gehring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111969

J. B. Brown town houses on Neal St., Portland, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111970

J. B. Brown town houses on West St., Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Exhibit

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.

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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"Another hotel, the Presque Isle House Hotel, was built on the same location. In January 1900, the Presque Isle House Hotel was destroyed by fire."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"Belmont Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society After the war, islanders looked forward to restarting their lives."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily

Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

Story

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life