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Historical Items

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Item 26665

Knox Hotel, Thomaston, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26664

Knox Hotel, Thomaston, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26124

Knox Hotel, Thomaston, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Thomaston Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110198

Samoset Hotel alterations, Rockland, 1906-1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906–1917 Location: Rockland Client: Samoset Hotel Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109857

Plans for Bay Point Hotel, Rockland, 1889-1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889–1902 Location: Rockland Client: H. Ricker and Sons Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 116396

The Samoset, Rockport, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Rockport Client: The Samoset Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

Exhibit

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Exhibit

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"A stable stood in the rear, the source of a disastrous fire in 1915 that destroyed the hotel and two business blocks on the south side of Main Street."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… Seminary Institution, which moved to the Knox Hotel in 1838. Prison Corner, Thomaston, ca."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police…"