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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

Both the grade school and high school were decked out with buntings and other festive decorations for the town of Guilford’s Centennial celebration.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

… "South End and eastern side of Division Street school House situated on the north side of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted…

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This school was built in the…

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

Oliver Moses and his brother William built and owned many blocks and buildings in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front…

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

Dr. Erroll Dearborn, President of the College at that time, purchased the Abbott School property; the Dormitory was sold to the Kappa Delta Phi…

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

Another era in education in northern Franklin County began. Next Page (Blue Ribbon School) Return to previous page Return to Online Exhibits

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

John Martin (1823-1904) included this illustration of the school and a floor plan on page 609 of the Journal he began writing and illustrating in…

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

The green school remained a grammar school until it ceased February, 1966. Sometime in the 1970's it became the Fernwood Grange Hall.

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Primary School, ca. 1910

The school was located on School Street, now the site of an apartment building. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

Skyway Middle School, located on the other side of the city, was expanded in 2005 to serve all of Presque Isle’s middle school students.

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street

… Street   Roger Morrison Interview on Main Street Main Street Looking North, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X Main Street Looking…

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

… Summer Street Item 28183 infoHampden Historical Society

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

… Street X Text by a Reeds Brook Middle School student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s…

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

Summer Street Steamship Gypsie, entering the Sowadabscook Stream, circa 1895 Item 27778 infoHampden Historical Society

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

Summer Street Wharf of the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company, Hampden, 1916 Item 27751 infoHampden Historical Society

Life on a Tidal River - Fifth Street Junior High School, Bangor, ca. 1940

The new Fifth Street Junior High School is surrounded by walks, a cyclone fence, shrubs, vines, and trees.

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Horse and buggy complete with rider shaded by an…

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

Note the majestic Elm trees that lined the street, shading the houses. On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner…

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Item Contributed byMaine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland…

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

… of Nursing Class Photos Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Class Photographs The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing operated from 1920 to 1987…

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Baptist Church

… on the corner of what is now Second and State Streets and the building known today as State Street Baptist Church was built on the site in 1881.

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

… Kali and Brooke, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X X The State Street Theater was built in 1946 and…

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The Atkins house…