Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.” By 1890, the cottage-building boom had transformed Bar Harbor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The James Emery home in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lydia Abbott Titcomb and Pine Tree Cottage, Farmington, ca. 1875

"Located at 4 Academy Street in Farmington. The woman in the photograph is Lydia Abbott Titcomb. View additional information about this item on the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"Henry Hatch Family, 1991. Summer Cottages: 1890-1930, Earl G. Shettleworth Jr. Published by the Islesboro Historical Society, 1989."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… consisted of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small cottages, a lumber mill, a brickyard, and a coal, as well as several small stores."

Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… including Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and most…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… his two cottages into a hotel extending from Cottage Street half way to the town green. By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlonville was a good place to live and raise children. Children were safe to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages. John Kidder, Virgil Haines, William Hall, and Orville P."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino. Gilman High played in Neighborhood House."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were built along the shore. In 1913, Josiah Newton Davidson, a Pittsburgh banker and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"After Peggy died, Pine Tree Cottage eventually came to the Farmington Historical Society. The members of the Historical Society took great care to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… he erected the building that still stands on Cottage Street today. Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… bought clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"X Dr. Charles G. Weld's North Haven cottage Ca. 1900 Courtesy of the Pingree Family and Maine Historic Preservation Commission From the 1870s…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… has its own specific name: the Rose Room, the Cottage Room, the Hudson Room, the Cummings Suite, the Garden Room, and the Highland Room--all…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… across the street from Few Acres, and built a cottage there, where he continued his writing. Jacob II was the author of over 100 children’s books –…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… of a shipmaster shingling the roof of a summer cottage for his livelihood and there was something sadder in the knowledge that the owners knew…"