Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Hardware stores were being built to supply the building boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in…"

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

"… were usually built outside or in a connecting building over a pit in the rear of a house lot. In rural areas, when the pit became full, a new pit…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… of Frankfort, and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… This parade banner was painted for the boat building professions of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association."

Music in Maine - Music Education

"Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self-expression. For children and adults, music helps strengthen…"

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

"… Later on in the early 1950s, Richard would build a ranch-style home next to this garage at 8 Asticou Way informally named "The Red House" (because…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… (1871-1938)] are the architects of the new building.” View North Up Asticou Way and Ryefield Lane from Asticou Inn ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"In the winter of 1966, the Bee Block, the Bain Building and the Pastime Theater burned to the ground."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"In 1797 the town voted to build one meeting house to serve all the religious societies in the town. John Crosby was named “vendue-master” to accept…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"The towered corner building housed the Post Office in 1911 (and for many years afterward), was also proudly deocorated for the grand celebration."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Light Keepers Association By 1887 an enlarged building housed machinery for two whistles. Those whistles show on the roof, each adjacent to a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Guests who wanted to build summer cottages of their own began buying plots of land from Sweet. In 1908, the homestead was torn down."

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

"Odd Fellows Building, Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, the Masons and Eastern Star, the Granges in…"

Caribou Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"They would also contribute to the ministerial building as well as attending public meetings. The first meeting of the Associates was held in 1783…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Here, in 1930, the buildings are boarded and deteriorating. Now, only a few rotting pilings remain to mark the site.Photo donated by Edith…"

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

"… preserving the farm’s open space and historic buildings for recreational and educational use. In February 2006 Skyline Farm Carriage Museum debuted…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… Harbor (which Charles encouraged his father to build), apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Rockefeller’s work on building the islands network of carriage roads. He saw in JDR, Jr., a kindred spirit who not only loved the natural, wild parts…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… kind of hardship bred a kind of interdependence often seen on islands. When troubles came, everyone pitched in. Building Community and Commerce"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… offered ideal conditions for the rise of ship-building, with 20 vessels launched from town shipyards between 1804 and 1830."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… that made it necessary to upgrade to a larger building. Mary Martin stepped forward and offered a barn that had been recently built on her…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Pownall and he encouraged the General Court to build a fortification at the mouth of the Penobscot."