Maine Memory Network

Razing of Islesboro Inn, 1955

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: 1955 Location: Islesboro Media: Photographic print

Razing the Plumly Block, Lincoln, ca. 1979

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1979 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… bell was purchased by a local person during the razing and given to the Methodist Church, which exhibited the bell at the front entrance of its…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… longer exists and many of the houses have been razed in the past ten years, but the name clings to the section and probably will for years to come."

The Village Cafe - A Place We Called Home
by Michael Fixaris

The Village Cafe was more than a restaurant. It was an extension of our homes and our families.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars