Keywords: Green Acre on the Piscataqua
Item 6530
Green Acre on the Piscataqua, Eliot, ca. 1891
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1891 Location: Eliot Media: Photo negative
Item 6533
Green Acre on Piscataqua Inn advertisement, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Eliot Baha'i Archives Date: circa 1900 Location: Eliot Media: Phototransparency
Exhibit
The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning
The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
