Keywords: grover
Item 11343
Child's violin, Boon Island, York, 1834
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: York; North Berwick Media: Pine with bone
Item 11355
Carved box, Boon Island, York, ca. 1832
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1832 Location: York Media: Pine with mahogany, cherry and maple veneer
Item 87423
Grover property, Leavitt Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Walter Grover Use: Shed
Item 87421
Grover property, Leavitt Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Walter Grover Use: Dwelling
Exhibit
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
Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895
"The Cyclone of 1895 Grover's Store Downtown Hallowell X Any cyclone is scary, especially if it happens in your hometown."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script
"GROVER RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER THE CYCLONE CAME THERE WERE DOCTORS THERE, FROM THERE…"
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
