Maine Memory Network

Steep Falls village square, ca. 1938

Contributed by: An individual through Steep Falls Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print

Lower Village to Kennebunkport Bridge, Kennebunkport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Glass Negative

South Paris Library, Paris, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Paris Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

South Paris library, South Paris, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: South Paris Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.)

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… renovation and expansion that would provide 8,000 square feet of new space at the school. The project represented four years of effort by…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… landmark, “the old watering trough” sat in the square at the North Village, it was made by Charles Harris and maintained by Warren Clarke, head of…"

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast