Keywords: Roofing
Item 27929
Patten Free Library construction, Bath, ca. 1889
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1889 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 14234
Shingling Christian Endeavor Cottage at Good Will, ca. 1916
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1916 Location: Fairfield; Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 86849
422-426 Commercial Street (leased land), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Elias Hersey Roofing Company Use: Storage for Roof material
Item 91810
422-426 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Hersey Elias Roofing Company Use: Storage-Roof Material
Item 111480
von Mayrhauser residence roof plan, New York, NY, 2015
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2015 Location: New York Client: Peter von Mayrhauser Architect: Carol A. Wilson
Item 116307
Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
Site Page
"… Women and men are husking corn under the shed roof at the E.S. Dingley Corn Shop in Farmington Falls. Bushels of corn are in foreground."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Cutler Memorial Library, Farmington, 1903
"Notice the copper trim, eaves, downspouting, and roof finials that are still the bright copper as when they were installed."
Story
Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark
Story
Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25
How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.
