Keywords: granite district
Item 29205
Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 82234
Bramhall Reservoir, Portland, ca. 1902
Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1902 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide
Item 116451
U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1931 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Treasury Department Architect: J. A. Wetmore
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions
"The application was accepted, the buildings were saved, and the Hallowell National Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved
"On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered on the National Register of Historic Places."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
