Keywords: master builder
Item 27834
Schooner Henry J. Smith, Thomaston, 1890
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 27161
Second Baptist Church, Thomaston, ca. 1871
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect William Keith
"… on Main Street, was a successful merchant and builder. Perhaps two of his most outstanding house designs are the one in which he lived on Main…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950
"… shipbuilding was certainly sad for Thomaston builders and merchants alike. Symbolic of the last days of this boom in shipping was the “Reine Marie…"
Story
Jennie Aranovitch - honoring family legacy and Jewish identity
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Her great-grandparents journey from Belarus through current day Jewish experience in Biddeford.
