Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"There was a big barn down town that was used for the work horses. They had 10 teams and the horses were used for various jobs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… the theater was owned by Mark Tuner and George Barnes of Presque Isle, and Newell Smith and Charlie Brooks of Ashland."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"He lived next door to a family who had a big barn and remembers running as fast as he could to get past the horses."

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August during the 1990s would have revealed Mainers, Russians, and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… of purposes and structures, his ideal house and barn. He drew the first balloon ascension in Bangor, the first street railroad, the first gunboat…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"The Longfellows added a barn in 1785 and a woodhouse. The barn was a wood-frame structure with no chimney, one opening at the attic level, and a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Louise "Mame" Savage (1910-1997), while the big barn, several other properties, including Hilltop House, and about 30 acres of vacant land in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move, expand, or morph into new…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels. They cut hay in the salt marshes and turned ancient forest trails…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Houses, barns, workshops, garages and sheds in Asticou were routinely moved, split up, and expanded as needed to suit the occupants, giving true…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Once the timber was cut and the house and barn built, was there anything of value left? The economy of early non-native settlers was built on the…"

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."

New Sweden Historical Society

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Hampden Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… gate designs for various uses, his ideal farm and barn structures, and a detailed illustration of a house he admired."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… of Athens’ vernacular commercial buildings with a barn under construction in the background. Prominent in this ambrotype are the one story shop…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"Later, around 1883, the barn and shed were demolished and the Old House was swung around and relocated westward to make room for the first Asticou…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… 1929, the Surry Theater Company first opened the barn doors of the Surry Playhouse to the summer theater-going public of coastal Hancock County."

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."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns. By 1902 they had 150 men working with a daily output of 50,000 shingles and 15,000 other…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… for their workers' families, a stable and two barns. In 1902 the company had 150 workers working with a daily output of fifty thousand shingles and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"