Search Results

Category: Arts & Entertainment, Architecture

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 772 Showing 3 of 772

Item 8758

Knight Library, Waterford, 1921

Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Waterford Media: Postcard

Item 12416

Demolition preparation, High Street, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926-02-20 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12419

Construction site, High Street, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926-04-03 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

View All Showing 2 of 1377 Showing 3 of 1377

Item 109102

George Barnes vacation home, Houlton, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Houlton Client: George Barnes Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109104

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Brechemin swimming pool, Belfast, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Belfast Client: Louis Brechemin Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109105

Studio WABI TV, Bangor, 1947-1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1955 Location: Bangor Client: WABI Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 9 Showing 3 of 9

Exhibit

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

Exhibit

Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)

Exhibit

The Waldo-Hancock Bridge

The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 151 Showing 3 of 151

Site Page

Greater Portland Landmarks

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Maine Historic Preservation Commission

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Biographies This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."

Lesson Plans

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.