Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"It was finished in 1838 and demolished in 1936. By 1937 the W.T. Grant building was finished at the same location, 33 Centre Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002

"The old prison was demolished in April of that year, leaving a wide empty grassy field and the southeast corner of the former prison wall remaining."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"The remnants of the building were not demolished until September of 1930 in getting ready for the construction of a new hotel, the Northeastland, on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"… January 1994, after 108 years, the building was demolished for parking a parking lot for the Northeastland Hotel. Sources: Clark, Marilyn, Wm."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… tried to save Montpelier, in the end it was demolished to make way for progress. Montpelier, Thomaston, 1870 The General Henry Knox Museum By…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"Cunningham was no longer used and was demolished in March 2007. The site has been sold and is now a residential housing development."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a new car wash was constructed and the 16 units demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new apartments."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The roof of Grover's grocery store was demolished and the roof of the Lowell, Simmons and Stearn's stable was crushed in."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"I would hope that in any situation where a school was being demolished in Lincoln that the Lincoln Historical Society would get ownership because I…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… but, a few years later, the town decided to demolish the building to make way for a senior housing complex."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… only the chimney left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… only the chimney left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… House Hotel was built in the 1820s, but it was demolished on March 9th, 1958. It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages."

Lincoln Historical Society

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Oakfield Historical Society

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

"Rhodes. It began as a 12-story "modern" office building. Finished in sandstone, the first three floors have elongated window openings flanked by…"

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… is known to have painted similar murals in a now demolished church in Mayville, near Bethel. Other 20th century Rumford artists are Oscar and Laura…"

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

"In the end, the building was demolished but the memory of the Star Theater lives on through Pearl Wescott's 4-manual organ, which was donated to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Some were demolished; others were used for other purposes in the community. Hugh J. Chisholm was instrumental in encouraging and helping to fund the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"It was demolished and washed away by the deluge that followed. Suspension bridge, StrongStrong Historical Society Mr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… building would no longer be needed (1962) and was demolished by a local contractor. Abbott School Completion Certificate, 1925Farmington…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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