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Historical Items

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Item 16344

Skowhegan Football Team, 1933

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1933 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 7332

Skowhegan Base Ball Club, season of 1887-88, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1888 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 21618

Skowhegan Free Public Library and Elm Street, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Skowhegan Free Public Library through Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1940 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111984

Somerset County Court House, Skowhegan, 1873-1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873–1904 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109636

Alterations in House for Mr. J.C. Griffin, Skowhegan, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Skowhegan Client: J. C. Griffin Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109655

House for Mr. E. E. Greenwood, Skowhegan, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Skowhegan Client: E. E. Greenwood Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Can You Help Our Free Skowhegan Public Library?

The Skowhegan Free Public Library was built in 1889 with money donated by Abner Coburn and the town of Skowhegan. Mr. Coburn left $30,000 in his will towards the building of the library. In 2005, for the library to fully keep up with their programs need to make some renovations. These changes would allow for more use of technology, more room for children's programs, and provide handicap accessibility.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan Then and Now

"Skowhegan Then and Now   Our movie on Skowhegan Then and Now Bicycle ClubSkowhegan History House This movie was part of our heritage…"

Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The Skowhegan Island Skowhegan dam X Fishing on the Kennebec X by Kate Hodgdon, Scott Clarke, and Gus Hoy Skowhegan Island has been a…"

Site Page

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"… Arnold and returned to his home to die of pneumonia. Research material from the Skowhegan History House was used in the writing of this essay."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman