Keywords: Baptists
Item 100295
Free Will Baptist Society of Saco and Biddeford pew subscriptions, 1839
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1839-05-18 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 22941
First Baptist Church, Sanford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 34888
14 Brentwood Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Central Square Baptist Church Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 34889
12 Brentwood Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Central Square Baptist Church Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 109430
Court St. Baptist Church, Auburn, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Auburn Client: Baptist Church Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 112000
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Sanford Client: Sanford Baptist Church Architect: Stevens & Cobb Architects
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church
"The First Baptist churched merged with the Free Baptist to form the United Baptist Church, locally known as the State Street Baptist in 1915."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church
"On January 1, 1970, the name was changed to State Street Baptist Church. The church building is the oldest public standing building in Presque Isle."
Story
Jim Murphy-living a multi-dimensional life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Life influences: Irish/Quebec ancestry, seminary, Navy, community businesses and organizations.
Story
Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path
