Keywords: City Organ
Item 7268
David Wallace, organ removal crew, Portland, 1995
Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: 1995 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 102269
Summer organ concerts, Portland, 1962
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 116448
Dyer Library alterations, Saco, 1913-1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1917 Location: Saco Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Site Page
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"The City Hall earlier provided a home for many of the City of Bath's offices. It housed the offices of the city clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and…"
Story
Mike Remillard shares his in-depth knowledge of our community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
You will learn a lot from Mike's fascination with many topics from church organs to submarines.
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.
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.