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Contributed by Mexico Historical Society

Description

This photograph postcard of Main Street Ridlonville, ca. 1905, depicts the Wills boarding house and other local businesses near the center of town.

The Wills Block boarding house shown on the left, in the foreground, of this photograph was built in 1902 for Albert and Nettie Wills. The Wills created a boarding house to accommodate the influx of people pouring into the area to work in the Oxford Paper Company.

In the same building, as the Wills boarding house, on the left lower level is a Millenery operated by W.C. Stevens and the Kinnear Brothers have a grocery store on the left side of the lower level. The building to the right, of the Wills' building, is the Ridlon Hotel.

Up the road from these establishments, Day Hill leads to South Main Street. The road to the right continues Main street to River Road.

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About This Item

• Title: Wills Block boarding house, Ridlonville, ca. 1905
• Creation Date: circa 1905
• Subject Date: circa 1905
• Location: Ridlonville, Mexico, Oxford County, ME
• Media: Photograph postcard
• Local Code: 12 006 Mex
• Collection: Ridlonville
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Lodging houses--Maine--Ridlonville
• Photograph postcards
• Main Street (Ridlonville, Me.)
• Buildings--Maine--Ridlonville
• Business enterprises--Maine--Ridlonville
• Millinery
• Grocery stores--Maine--Ridlonville
• Hotels--Maine--Ridlonville

People

• Kinnear , Brothers
• Stevens, W.C.
• Wills, Albert

Other Keywords

• Boarding houses
• Day Hill
• Hat shops
• Millinery stores
• shops
• Stores

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For more information about this item, contact:

Mexico Historical Society
3 Oxford Avenue, Mexico, ME 04257
(207) 357-9786

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