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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… of Interview clip one Anna: So you said you had a barn, did you have any animals or anything? Marion: Yes, yes we raised cows and chickens."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"An ell and large dairy barn were added in the 1860s creating a connected farm, which was a typical New England architectural style."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… which was to include 5 acres of cleared land, a barn built by the town (thirty feet by forty feet in size and having 13 1/2 foot studs) as well as…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"(Surry tax records, 1878). In the old barn there were nameplates marking the inhabitants of the old stalls: Bessy, MaryAnne, Bossy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Barn raisings were the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty of good food."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He contracted someone to build him a barn one year and a house the following summer, where he and his bride, Eunice Knight, whom he married in 1830…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street. (Once named Lady Katherine's and later named Green Acre) Harold’s son, John…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May 31-June 3, 1861…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… meeting on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman. These worshipers were Baptists, who built the first house of worship on…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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