Maine Memory Network

Knight Library, Waterford, 1921

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

Demolition preparation, High Street, Portland, 1926

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

George Barnes vacation home, Houlton, 1952

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

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

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

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.

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.)

Greater Portland Landmarks

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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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.