Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… entertainment to the community and bringing business to Bath and surrounding areas were two of the most important."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Saving's Institution contributes to Bath's history in many ways. It's the oldest bank in Bath still running, having been in business since 1852."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"It punished American merchants in the process by prohibiting trading. However, Paine surreptitiously continued trading at great risk and was so…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… numerous directories to find the different businesses that occupied their address over the years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… brother, William Moses, they both became wealthy business men who financed: the Bank Block, The Lincoln Block, and the Columbian Block, in addition…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… and specialty shops were in great number and merchants did a brisk business. After an initial drop in census numbers to 3600 in 1860, due to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The station was open for freight business from 1959 until 1971 when the building was changed into a dental clinic for the poor, the Jessie Albert…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… of Gorham L. Boynton, a Bangor lumber merchant, whom he described as "among a class of risky and reckless men." Martin, who wrote and illustrated…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… was certainly sad for Thomaston builders and merchants alike. Symbolic of the last days of this boom in shipping was the “Reine Marie Stewart,”…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… a system called the triangular trade in which the merchants would trade and ship goods between Boston to Hallowell."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… accounting from Rufus Prince, a soap maker and merchant, for whom he worked from 1844 to about 1854."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Patten Free Library Text by Noah Lapointe, Austin Lewis, Kyle Perry, and Shadow Stephens 7th grade students at Bath Middle School."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Old Town Hall and Grant Building Text by Jocelyn Bernier, Savannah Rice, Shawn Russell, and Cody Seekins 7th grade students at Bath Middle School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"Project Partners Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room: Patten Free Library and Bath Historical Society A reference room containing the resources for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House Text by Claire Keating and Billy Price 7th Grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Sagadahoc County Courthouse Text by Jared Gilliam, Emily Parker, and Kaitlyn Smith 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"Lincoln Block Text by Isla Brazier, Brody Losier, Haley Scott, and Brianna Swain 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"The Proprietors were a group of wealthy Boston merchants whose members included James Bowdoin, John Hancock, Dr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect William Keith

"… Keith, a tanner on Main Street, was a successful merchant and builder. Perhaps two of his most outstanding house designs are the one in which he…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"They probably wouldn’t get the business they did when they could advertise in the local newspaper. The newspaper was a way people could also share…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

"… purchased the house sometime in the 1840s from merchant Rufus Prince, for whom Martin worked as an accountant."