Maine Memory Network

Deering Mansion Exterior, Saco, 1937

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1937 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Deering Mansion Exterior, Saco, 1937

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1937 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Barn at Deering Mansion on Bedford Street, Portland, 1946

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

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

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.

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… mount engraved Morse Collections of Victoria Mansion: The Morse-Libby Mansion; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"Smith Janet and Ray Verrier Victoria Mansion Frances Willard House Museum and Archives (added items in 2023) York Institute Museum, Saco We would…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.