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Keywords: Adams House

Historical Items

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Item 22602

Charles F. and Frances Adams family, Easton, 1904

Contributed by: Easton Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Easton Media: Photographic print

Item 26620

Monk House Entry, Thomaston, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 18072

Preble mansion, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 32812

3 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: victorian - double house Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32036

11 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32322

9 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109988

House for Mr. F.F. Adams, 59 Brentwood St., Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Client: F. F. Adams Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 116287

House for Kate Adams, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Client: Kate J. Adams Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 135757

Adam P. Leighton residence elevation, Portland, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Portland Client: Adam P. Leighton Architect: Frederick A. Tompson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… the Perkins-Witherle House in Castine, the McCobb House of 1806 in Phippsburg (now the Spite House in Rockport), and the Bourne House of 1825 in…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House Collection, while Zilpah’s is found at the Craigie-Longfellow House in Cambridge."

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Middle Street’s small frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down