Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

It is from this century of Thomaston’s development that so many prize architectural examples remain.

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

Nineteenth Century 'Melissa Trask,' 1884Item Contributed byMaine Historical Society Shipbuilding Seafaring enterprises played a major role in…

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

Early Twentieth Century Daily Living During the Jazz Age of 1920s, Surry had some specialized schools, including a dancing school and a singing…

Tate House Museum

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

… Contributed byMaine Maritime Museum In the late 19th and early 20th century, theaters were becoming a new and exciting thing in most towns.

Skowhegan History House

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

… privy provided interesting insights about the mid 19th century neighborhood surrounding the Longfellow house.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

… in construction dates from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century. It was a comfortable and proven style with which builders were familiar.

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

… "FELIX Portland." Several examples of mid 20th century fashions in the collection were originally sold at Felix Dress Shop, specializing in…

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

… of lumber for building ships in the 18th and 19th centuries, as a conduit for national and international commerce, as a watery road to the…

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

Holt, Alfred T., 2000, “Bath Families of the 19th Century.” Longley, Diane G. and Whitney, Arlene L., 1996, “The People’s History of Bath…

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

… of the businesses before Wilson's, in the late 19th century, was Annette's grocery store and another grocery store owned by Michael Gannet.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

The Church Block currently houses a printing company. The current owners of the printing company are Eric and Pamela Allen. Previously, Russell J.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

… has become world-famous for its variety of 19th century architecture, and Centre Street remains the most direct way to Bath's vibrant downtown.

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

According to the census reports from the early 19th century, Phebe’s brothers were fishermen and farmers.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

For most of the 19th century one bank or another occupied the first floor of the Lincoln Block. The last bank to occupy the building was the First…

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

… was the best architect in the State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Front Street looking north from Arch Street, Bath, ca.

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

… settle 60 Protestant families, build 60 dwelling-houses and a meeting-house, and settle a minister within six years, or failing this, by March…

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

… the Story of Blue Hill Boom and Bust in the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber.

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

… including a detailed, handwritten twentieth century census, photographs, scrapbooks, and town records.

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

… summer vacationers to town toward the end of the 19th century. They were eager to leave behind them the heat and the seasonal epidemics of the…

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

Early Schooling School House, South Surry, 1900Item Contributed bySurry Historical Society In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log…

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

… brought him and many others so much joy over the centuries, the music that he hoped would survive for further generations to appreciate.

Life on a Tidal River - Wheelwright Building, Bangor, 1948

During the 1940s the building housed a variety of retail businesses including Carroll Perfumer, Jake's Clothing Company, Progressive Business…