Keywords: Planning
Item 76327
Plan of the Town of Cumberland, ca. 1710
Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1710 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper
Item 104410
Planning for Troy town forest, ca. 1940
Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: 1940 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print
Item 85415
84-100 Webb Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Almon F. Hill Use: Lots
Item 85416
Assessor's Record, 84-100 Webb Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Almon F. Hill Use: Barn
Item 110457
Williams residence preliminary planning plan, Wellesley, MA, 2001-2006
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001–2006 Location: Wellesley Client: Francis H. Williams Architect: Patrick Chasse
Item 109949
Rock Garden for Deering Oaks, Detail of Planning, Portland, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: unknown
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: The Great By-Pass
The debate over a proposed bridge and bypass in Skowhegan in 2005.
Exhibit
Sylvan Site: A Model Development
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.
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Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884
"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"
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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy
What happens when there are no more reunions planned.
Story
Behind the scenes of the Mercy expansion
by Sister Ellen Turner
Sister Ellen Turner talked about behind the scenes planning of Mercy's Expansion
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Haunted Houses"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Longfellow's collection The Courtship of Miles Standish and other Poems was published in 1858. It sold 250,000 copies in two months and over 10.000 copies in London on the first day; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was extremely popular during his lifetime.
"Haunted Houses" is a work from that collection. It is a poem that is especially appealing around Halloween. The poem welcomes the reader to a place where "The spirit-world around the world of sense floats like an atmosphere . . ."
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Christmas Bells"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
The words of this poem are more commonly known as the lyrics to a popular Christmas Carol of the same title. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" in December of 1863 as the Civil War raged. It expresses his perpetual optimism and hope for the future of mankind. The poem's lively rhythm, simple rhyme and upbeat refrain have assured its popularity through the years.
