Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

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Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

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The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly Building, a three story building built in 1856 on the corner lot of lower Main Street. David S. Plumly had it built following a fire which destroyed his store in the same location in 1842. He ran a general store during his lifetime and passed it down to his son Charles F. afterward. The other part of the building was occupied by Harrison Piper, who had a jewelry store there for thirty years. Mr. Plumly was interested in lumbering and owned the mills at Cold Stream (Hubbard's Mills). He was a Justice of the Peace, a Selectman, the Deputy Sheriff in 1852 and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue during the Civil War.

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  • Title: Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856
  • Creation Date: circa 1915
  • Subject Date: circa 1915
  • Location: Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME
  • Media: Postcard
  • Collection: LHS Post Card Collection
  • Object Type: Image

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Lincoln Historical Society
29 West Broadway, Lincoln, ME 04457

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