Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"In 2008, a fire at the island's library destroyed photographs, documents, artwork, artifacts, and other priceless pieces of island history."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"Impressive homes and a stellar hotel fill the city. In the 1960s an urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”. The guns were…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… for the kids and in the evening there often were fire works. Fourth of July lobster bake, Swan's Island ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… place “alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels, who swept them up in buckboards and whirled them at a gallop to their hotels.” -Harper’s New…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… Charles was thrown into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage (1877-1965), at the young age of 19 when he was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the heyday…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"After the fire that destroyed the library where much of Swan’s Island historical primary source materials were kept, the Historical Society turned to…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had just moved into a hotel to help the people living there get through the storm. My wife was always tired and never slept."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"There was another fire as well; this took place in 1895. This fire was very destructive to the City of Bath."

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

"In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses, such as the J.L. Douglas clothing store, and John O."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… numbers of “agreeable luxuries” offered by hotels, in fashionable changes of clothing, masquerade balls, musicales and lectures, yachting parties…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"One hundred years later, in 2003, the Braeburn Hotel was completely lost to fire. The original piece of the Franklin House was once again saved."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"By the early 1870s, rusticators had plenty of hotels from which to choose, and by the early 1880s, many had built their own “cottages.” For the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… increased with each new summer season as many hotels offered more amenities and entertainments, and as cottagers initiated new activities, events…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… "Copies can be viewed in barrooms, taverns, hotels, restaurants, and museums throughout the country."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The hotel was built on March 3, 1906, and stayed well on through the twentieth century as a major landmark in Guilford."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"In 2008, a fire at the Swan’s Island Library tragically destroyed many of the town’s historical records, including photographs, artifacts, documents…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings on Wheels Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island. This name was later partially translated into Burnt Cote, and later Burnt…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… became prosperous and was comprised of hotels, general stores, milinery stores, fire department, sawmills, churches, schools, parks, doctors, golf…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… Caroline Starbird Cate Sewall Steammill Frankfort Hotel Horsemanship Reuben Stetson Daniel Emery Jr."