Keywords: Hammond Street Congregational Church
Item 33265
View from Hammond Street, Bangor, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 33531
Southeast view from Hammond Street, Bangor, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
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.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central Congregational/Chocolate Church, were joined by more elaborate structures in the 1850s and 60s to…"
