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Keywords: Congregational House

Historical Items

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Item 26613

Thomaston Academy and Congregational Meeting House, Thomaston, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Thomaston Media: Engraving, lithograph

Item 27635

Hampden Congregational Church, Hampden, 1893

Contributed by: Hampden Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print

Item 9927

North Parish Congregational Church, Springvale, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 85930

187-195 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Woodford Congregational Parish Use: Dwelling

Item 85931

Assessor's Record, 191 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Woodford Congregational Parish Use: Stable

Item 85932

Assessor's Record, 191 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Woodford Congregational Parish Use: Shed

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111891

Williston Church alterations, Portland, 1904-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904–1946 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

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

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Church, stayed on the west side and took the Congregational Church, and again jumped the street and took the Methodist Church."

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Congregational Church, Strong, ca. 1950 The Congregational Church was built in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street."

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Other ministers, including those from the Congregational Church, used the church building as they raised money to build their own church."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

Story

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial 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.