Keywords: Apartment house
Item 25034
Apartment House, 633 Congress Street, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 81696
William S. Cohen birth house, Bangor, ca. 1976
Contributed by: Raymond H. Fogler Library Date: circa 1976 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 65229
73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments
Item 35936
33-37 Casco Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Ambassador Apartments Inc. Use: Apartments
Item 109295
St. Albans Apartment Project, FMHA Rural Rental Housing, St. Albans, 1976-1978
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1976–1978 Location: St. Albans Client: St. Albans Apartment Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 110026
Stateway Company apartment building, Portland, ca. 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Stateway Company Architect: Miller and Mayo Architects
Exhibit
A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh
In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Site Page
Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy
"Some houses were divided into apartments (or tenements), others were boarding houses where rooms were rented or shared."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook
"Sometimes the cakes were broken apart. Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
