Maine Memory Network

Capt. John W. Deering estate, Kennebunkport, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Architectural drawing

Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-02 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

377-387 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heirs of John W. Deering Use: Dwelling - Three Family

176-178 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Ice Cream Company Use: Dwelling - Two family

Capt. John Deering house, 1884-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1919 Location: Portland; Portland; Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens

House for Capt. John W. Deering, Kennebunkport, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… wounding several and killing John Robbins of Deer Isle. The incident brought calls to hang Dow, but subsequent inquiries did not lead to a trial."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Portland peninsula and another one hundred in the Deering area. He also worked throughout Maine and received commissions from other parts of the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… was born in Portland in 1886 and grew up on Deering Street near his grandfather William Widgery Thomas, a noted diplomat."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.