Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In the late…"

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

"Old Town Hall and Grant Building Text by Jocelyn Bernier, Savannah Rice, Shawn Russell, and Cody Seekins 7th grade students at Bath Middle School…"

Old York Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County Communication Center, County Treasurer, District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Register of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"6 Old Brunswick Road Bath, ME 04530 (207) 443-8270 http://www.bms.rsu1.org email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington Streets. The resulting congestion led to installation of Bath’s first…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… support a High School, when other towns in the county had already established that type of education."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The Sagadahoc County Courthouse 94 Front Street"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the financial…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… 1861 Walling Topographical Map of the Franklin County with Town of Farmington noted (map from Library of Congress)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… and purchased the old Norton homestead on Holley Road. As time went on, funds were donated for its care and the Nordica Homestead became the home…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"A Real Downeast County Fair Collaboratively written by The Bay School's eighth grade: Noah Cimeno, Aphelion Crampton, Alexander Heilner, Loriman…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Until the automobile in the early 1900s, roads and businesses were suited for people on foot, carriage, or railroad."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the selectmen."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Gillet, Publisher, 1851. Sagadahoc County, Maine. J. Chace, Publisher, 1858. City of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Roe & Colby, 1873."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Francis Fassett also built the Sagadohoc County Courthouse. Henry Swanton was the president of Bath Savings for many years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… relate to history, because it's over 110 years old. It has had time to grow and gain stories of its own."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The builders had the angel moved to the Old North Church so it would not be destroyed. Also the builders had the angel's red boots turned to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"These buildings are from 167 to 177 years old, and create the heart of Bath's downtown. Physically they are at the center of Merchants' Row and that…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Masons, a man must have been at least 21 years old and had lived in the vicinity of a Masonic lodge for one year."

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

"… were brought into the new block, most of the old businesses were brought back to start where they had left off."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Project Overview In June of 2008, the community partnership of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library, the Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Columbian Block Text by Taylor Johnson, Michaela Lothrop, Paige Martin, Devon Vanmeter 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The Railroad Station X Text by Michael Armstrong, Alexis Judkins, Emily Love, and Otto Werwaiss 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images…"