Keywords: Warren block
Item 13161
Warren Block, Westbrook, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 13156
Warren Block fire, Westbrook, 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-02-13 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 86058
188 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alice G. Shaw Use: Garage
Item 62054
26 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Offices
Item 116359
W. H. Looney Block, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: W. H. Looney Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 109374
Hall at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook; Westbrook Client: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"… Edward O’Brien moved his shipyard business from Warren to the yard surrounding Knox’s Wharf in Thomaston, becoming one of the most prominent…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Counce also moved from Warren and established a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
