Maine Memory Network

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Gorham This handsome sign marked the tavern hotel of Allen Davis (1770-1818) in Gorham. X Image of Jeremiah Berry (detail), ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… of a fully stocked bar at the Hampden House Hotel in 1840.The Mahogany paneled bar held cut glass decanters."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… from thirst," he wrote until a waitress in his hotel told him about, or rather hinted about, a gin-mill in nearby Robinhood, "I must say, regarding…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"That home later became the Hotel Strong. Jeremy also built a mill, called Porter’s Mill, which made excelsior and other wood products."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… his office, Thomas formed a partnership with Charles O. Poor, a former draftsman for Frederick A. Tompson."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Although the hotel was reduced in size following the 1929 Depression and finally razed in 1950, most of the houses that were built by the visitors to…"

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Jefferson Davis of Mississippi while the Stanley Hotel provided the town with valuable shops, meeting spaces, dry goods stores and a barber shop."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Anthanasius-St. John’s Parish; and Judith Davis Kuhn, teacher and musical director for RAPPA (Rumford Association for the Performing Arts)."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and telephone service linking four hotels, a livery stable, Bee's Store, and the local doctor."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Wethern's Hotel and the other was called Jenkin's Carrabassett House. In 1883 the Quint brothers maintained a hotel on the corner called the Dirigo…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… home was moved to Vine Street where it became a hotel. The primary purpose of the Customs House in 1858 was to house the Collector of Customs for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… known as the Gregory Inn and was operated as a hotel by the Sweeney family. The buildings and land surrounding it remains much the same now as in…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… run by William Chaloner who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built in Lubec • Brush weirs for the capture of herring came into…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The stable and shed and the hotel was a total loss. With the high winds and lack of firefighting equipment it was a miracle that more of the business…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Business flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Seaside Hotel Commemorative Plate, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society After the Civil War, several factors combined that would change the face of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… designed by Webster and Libby and the Eastland Hotel in Portland and the Houlton Hotel by Herbert W. Rhodes."