Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… of Smoke and Soot Aftermath of Harmon's Corner Fire, 1911McArthur Public Library Headline about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… club, a junior Red Cross organization, and a French Club. Many clubs competed and won awards. They had a girl's glee club, boasting around sixty…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… such as the 32 fishing trawlers built for the French government. Downtown also survived the post-war decline, but had begun to show serious signs…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"The settlers refused to surrender the garrison, so the French tried to undermine it by tunneling underneath from the bank below."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… located at 782 Washington Street (the southwest corner of the intersection), did very well, surviving for more than 20 years despite fires and…"

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

"… The Old City Hall was located on the northeastern corner of Water and Centre Streets in Bath. It was finished in 1838 and demolished in 1936."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Hallet's Drug Store clock, and the words Thompson's Corner right on the sidewalk on the corner of Centre and Front street . X"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… building occupied the site at the southwestern corner of Centre and Front Streets. The Bath Bank building, the first brick building in downtown…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Block, 34-38 Centre Street, on the southeast corner of Centre and Water Streets in Bath, Maine, was built by William Ledyard in 1856."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"X Also, there is a fountain in the southwest corner of the park called The Spirit of the Sea. But what was there beforehand? An earlier fountain…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… at the Sagadahock House on the northwest corner of Front and Centre Street. It spread north along Front Street, damaging or destroying many…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… and imports, intended to punish the British and French and to force them to respect the authority of the newly formed American nation."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"1916Guilford Historical Society The French and Elliott Company is a building that has been changed many times throughout the years."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… conflict, and negotiation among Wabanaki, French, Acadian, British, and US individuals and groups over several centuries."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… Hill and burning the residences along Center and French Streets through the evening and into the long night of April 30th."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society Meeting at the Guilford Odd Fellows Hall…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society They had built it as a meeting place and had a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"By 1905, the French-speaking Catholics, primarily from Canada, formed their own St. John’s Church. They completed construction of an impressive…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… through the years, escalating during the French and Indian War of the 1750s, when many European settlers were captured, killed, or had their homes…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… Images from the Guilford Historical Society French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… clarets, sauternes, Champagnes, Ports, and French liqueurs. Casco Engine Co. No. 1, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society Casco Fire…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Their favorites were french fries, hot dogs and beans, the man who brought fresh cheese, and a guy from Farmington, Ray Magnum, who brought chocolate…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"