Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and information about, comments on, and instructions for the…"

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"Hallowell Fire StationHubbard Free Library Academy StreetHubbard Free Library Ice Storm, Emergency Vehicles, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"… X The Oak Hotel, built in 1941 on the corner of Academy and Main Streets, was used mainly as a rooming house."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"… in October 1846, and he was ordered to the Naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland. While stationed aboard the Battleship “Ohio”, he participated in…"

Norridgewock Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"Soon thereafter, the group issued a report announcing the selection of Hampden Academy in the east, and Farmington Academy in the west as the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"But to truly be appreciated, the history of HA basketball needs to be known. Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Library

"… Library is located in the historic Thomaston Academy Building at 60 Main Street in Thomaston, Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998 Ice Storm, Academy and Middle streets, Hallowell, 1998 Intersection of Academy and Middle Streets…"

Monson Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"After graduating from Hallowell Academy, Jacob attended Bowdoin College. While at Bowdoin, he added the second T to the end of his name to avoid…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"Church’s Fog off Mount Desert, 1850. Oil on academy board. (John Wilmerding Collection. National Gallery of Art) X Nature has spread for us a…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"Communication Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library According to Sumner Webber, local historian, “People in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… served for two years as Preceptor of Hallowell Academy. After attending medical school he practiced medicine in Virginia but returned to Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"… in 1801 and was the first graduate of Hallowell Academy to do so. He came to Hallowell for the purpose of reading law and was admitted to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… and crews, established a Navigation School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"Ice Storm Interviews Ice Storm, Academy St., Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Car repair from the Ice storm of 1998 I interviewed Paul…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… Johnny Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill where he earned his living by making and rebottoming chairs, and manufacturing…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Transportation Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library Cotton was delivered to the Cotton Mill on the Kennebec…"

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… is Chester and he graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1985. X Shawn Macalpine, U.S. Army resident of Mattawamkeag stationed in Iraq X…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"After attending Dummer Academy, Rufus graduated from Harvard College in 1777. In 1778, he served in the Continental Army in the Rhode Island campaign…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… section which were on the ground in rear of the academy at the time the british soldiers were on the banks of the River ready for action when our…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school served students from Farmington and from other towns nearby. It was supported by the tuition paid by students. However, the Academy was…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library The O’Brien Electrophone Company was organized in Hallowell in 1905 and occupied…"