Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Historical Society With the emergence of the architectural profession in Maine in the mid-nineteenth century, architects provided renderings to…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… and designed environment, this database includes architecture and landscape design commissions from ca. 1850 through the present."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"… of collections currently represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by contributing repository."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"He then attended Harvard’s School of Architecture, leaving in 1936 to work in New York City on WPA mural projects with such noted artists as Stuart…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… death in 1880, Coombs continued to practice architecture on his own. For the next sixteen years, he worked without a partner, relying on himself…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… 1889 book “Examples of American Domestic Architecture.” John Calvin Stevens is one of the best documented figures in Maine architectural history…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"Project Background and Partners The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database started as a project in 2002, when Maine Historical Society (MHS)…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… year his widow Sallie Tarbell donated his architectural drawings to the Maine Historical Society, where they are essential to telling the story of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"He then studied at Harvard’s School of Architecture. Between October 1912 and April 1913, he traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… Institute of Technology, where he attended architecture classes in 1888 and 1889. His studies at MIT were followed by travel in England and Europe…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"… by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development Associates Trust at Hancock Street in Bangor, ME, circa…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"The commission is associated with George M. Coombs. This item is part of the Coombs Brothers architectural drawings collection."

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"While serving as Maine Historic Preservation Commission's (MHPC) director, 1976-2015, Shettleworth spearheaded the Biographical Dictionary of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"… by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Portland Museum of Art at an unknown address in Portland, ME, circa…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"Architecture Text by Margaret McCrea. Images from Maine Historical Society, Montpelier: the General Henry Knox Museum, and Thomaston Historical…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Architecture in the 20th Century

"… in an old newspaper column sums up the town’s architectural qualities: “ (Driving through Thomaston is an) aesthetic feast for the lover of fine…"

New Gloucester Historical Society

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Norridgewock Historical Society

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Yarmouth Historical Society

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Old York Historical Society

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Maine Historical Society

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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