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Description
The Oak Hotel was a rooming house located on the corner of Academy and Main Street. It was built in 1941 to help relieve a housing shortage caused by the military moving in. The hotel consisted of 46 units, mostly for single people.
Mary Oak, who lived nearby on the corner of Academy and Second Street, built the hotel. She had a photo studio in the hotel.
The hotel burned in April of 1975.
About This Item
- Title: Oak Hotel Apartments, Presque Isle, ca. 1950
- Creation Date: circa 1950
- Subject Date: circa 1950
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 13.7 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Presque Isle Historical SocietyPO Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 762-1151
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