Keywords: building material
Item 28445
Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1794 Location: Thomaston Media: Brick
Item 25526
Interior, Maine State Building, Poland Spring, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Poland Spring 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
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
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
Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying
"In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."
Story
Passing the time during the Pandemic
by Don V
Building a strip canoe
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
