Maine Memory Network

Maine General Hospital entrance, Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Burnham School, Garland, 1949

Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print

Garage Addition Misses Elizabeth & Ann Bass, Wilton, 1913-1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1949 Location: Wilton Client: J. R. Bass Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Johnson residence driveway plan, Somesville, 1991-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1995 Location: Mount Desert Client: Ned Johnson Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)

The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… Knox Street, formerly known as Knox’s Lane or driveway, became a public street when portions of the Knox estate were sold to private developers."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… the lobby as chauffeurs lined up in the circular driveway to deposit their well dressed patrons. It wasn’t only for the well-to-do."

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin