Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"It wasn’t really a gym at all, but the town hall. It was the first floor of the town hall that was used as the “multipurpose room.” Hampden Academy…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had been the community's pride and joy. He commended the hard work of those who helped make the…"

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

"… had an organized team which played at the Y’s gym against local teams. However, basketball had not yet made its way to the other Island schools."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… swimming in the pool or playing basketball in the gym. There were also a variety of rooms for entertainment and socialization."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Sometimes they used the gym at the Abbott School; sometimes they used the Alumni Gym at the Normal School."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… and did much damage to the lower room and the gym equipment, which had been purchased four years earlier by William McCrillis of Bangor."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… meeting the demands of the school, so a new gym was constructed next to the old one. The old gymnasium was converted to a classroom."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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