Keywords: City Hotel
Item 20585
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 22343
Lafayette Hotel, Portland, 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 68566
Cushing's Island Hotel & Realty Company property, Cushing's Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cushing's Island Hotel & Realty Company Use: Cottage
Item 68567
Cushing's Island Hotel & Realty Company property, Cushing's Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cushing's Island Hotel & Realty Company Use: Cottage
Item 111555
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 111969
J. B. Brown town houses on Neal St., Portland, 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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.
Exhibit
Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion
During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel
"Another hotel, the Presque Isle House Hotel, was built on the same location. In January 1900, the Presque Isle House Hotel was destroyed by fire."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel
"Miss Oak also had a photography studio in the hotel. She had been a photographer since 1912 and wanted to expand her business."
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
