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Historical Items

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Item 27787

Paul Revere Bell Commissioned for Thomaston Meeting House, 1797

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: 1797 Location: Thomaston Media: Iron

Item 27166

The Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 14301

Church bell, Portland, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943-04-23 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Online Exhibits

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West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

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Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

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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.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… to the Methodist Church, which exhibited the bell at the front entrance of its church on Academy Street."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"In 1868, 700 dollars was raised to put a bell in the original church structure. They paid $400 to purchase and install the bell."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its walls and stands as a sentinel…"

My Maine Stories

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Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley

Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics