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Description
The north side of Water Street in Skowhegan, looking west.
The large brick building is Coburn Hall, which burned in 1904. The sign on the awning is Farrand, a tailor. Other occupants of Coburn Hall block at that time may have been W. R. G. Estes, clothier; Bixby & Phillips, druggists, and James P. Blunt, hardware dealer.
The small building just at the right of Coburn Hall was formerly the Eben H. Neal store. A little later this firm became Patten & Neal. Still later the firm became Neal & Wentworth, a general grocery store. The structure was moved to the east side of Court Street. The Griffin Building replaced it.
The truck team in front of the Hall & Grant store was owned by the late Hiram Thing.
Notice the unpaved street.
About This Item
- Title: Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1870
- Creator: J Bachelder
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Stereograph
- Dimensions: 8.8 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: 75.022.3.jpg
- Collection: Henry A. Wyman Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Stores, Retail--Maine--Skowhegan
- Skowhegan (Me.)--Description and views
- Business districts--Maine--Skowhegan
- Business enterprises--Maine--Skowhegan
- Water Street (Skowhegan, Me.)
People
- Bixby,
- Blunt, James P
- Borden, Dr. A B
- Doran, William
- Estes, W R G
- Farrand,
- Foss, T D
- Goodwin, Forrest
- Grant,
- Gray,
- Griffin,
- Hall, L S
- Heald,
- Leavitt, Dr. Henry
- Neal, Eben H
- Ordway, Walter P
- Patten, Joseph
- Phillips,
- Thing, Hiram
- Wentworth, George
- Wentworth, Herbert
Other Keywords
- attorneyWalter P Ordway
- awnings
- barber shop
- carts
- clothier
- Coburn Hall
- Congressman
- dentist
- Dr. A B Borden
- druggists
- dry goods
- general grocery store
- hardware
- hay scales
- Heald Brothers
- hobble skirt
- horses
- mud puddles
- optometrist
- Representative to the Legislature
- stove
- tailor
- team
- tinsmiths
- truck
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Skowhegan History House66 Elm Street, PO Box 832, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-6632
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