Maine Memory Network

Watts Block, Thomaston, 1890

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

George Robinson House, Thomaston, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Captain Watts first built a substantial cape style Greek Revival on Knox Street in which he and his family lived in 1842."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"1960Thomaston Historical Society Thomaston has long been known for the impressive homes lining its tree-lined streets."