Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Class picnics often took place at cottages on the lake where swimming, boating, and fishing were easily accessible."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Kirby burned Hayward's cottage with her aunt inside it before he escaped to his own cottage with the victim."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the heyday of the island."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… even with winter homes "in town" and then summer cottages out at the Pool or towards Kennebunkport. Thursday Club program, Biddeford…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They wanted their own cottages. And these cottages were not rustic bungalows. They were 60-room mansions with clipped lawns and formal gardens…"

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

"… during the renovation and expansion of Harbor Cottage, the Old Ell was removed from the southerly side of Harbor Cottage and relocated down the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… natives at the bottom and wealthy, aristocratic cottage owners at the top. As the tribes struggled to get by without sacrificing their rich…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… on the island, and soon enough million-dollar cottages started appearing across the landscape. The final push was when Acadia National Park was…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… year round, but would return to Saint Anthony's Cottage every summer. In the winter she stayed with friends in Lewiston."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… the early settlers including Howard Hall, Goodwin cottages, Day Hill, Richards Avenue, Wills Block, Packard Block, to name a few."

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

"Phillips Family on Porch of Phillips Cottage, Northeast Harbor, Maine 1933Northeast Harbor Library Houses at Asticou from the Scrapbook of Mary…"

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

"Curtis was also a regular at the Asticou Inn dining table, taking evening meals at the Asticou Inn many of the nights he was at his cottage until his…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Her unmarked grave is near where her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… the shingle that hung outside “Saint Anthony’s Cottage,” her modest house in town. The Historical Society is also home to a comprehensive…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages. John Kidder, Virgil Haines, William Hall, and Orville P."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino. Gilman High played in Neighborhood House."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… he erected the building that still stands on Cottage Street today. Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, Kneisel HallBlue Hill Public Library Kneisel Cottage, Blue Hill, ca. 1916 Kneisel CottageBlue Hill Public Library"

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

"… the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were built along the shore. In 1913, Josiah Newton Davidson, a Pittsburgh banker and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… bought clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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