Maine Memory Network

Norton Family Reunion, Farmington, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Naturalist Arthur Herbert Norton, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 13R Kent Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bessie Norton Use: Garage

63 Melbourne Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Christena Norton Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Norton house, Falmouth, 1911-1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911–1913 Location: Falmouth Client: Ralph S. Norton Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Alterations to former W.T. Grant Building, Bangor, 1976

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1976 Location: Bangor Client: Anderson & Norton Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Her parents, Edwin Norton and Amada Allen, were born here, but Amada would be known as a “Stage Mom”, believing in the talents of her daughter…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Norton, Floyd. Norton's hand-hewn history of Maine and its representative Town of Cumberland. Cumberland, Maine: Floyd Norton, n.d."

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.