Contributed by Skowhegan History House
Description
The Williams Block at Madison Avenue and Elm Street in Skowhegan.
The photo shows the Fuller drug store at left. Albert Fuller was a dry goods merchant. Over the entrance are signs for three attorneys, J. D. Brown and W. M. E. Brown, brothers, and James B. Bell.
Also visible is Henry Plummer, dry goods merchant. Benjamin R. Flagg operated the corner store, in the Williams Building.
The Littlefield Building, on Elm Street, just beyond the Williams Building, was a printing office for many years. At various times, the Democratic Clarion, the Republican Clarion and the Somerset Argus were priinted there.
The Farwell home shows at the extreme right. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Brown), a famous humorist who worked in the printing office nearby, boarded there.
About This Item
- Title: Williams Block, Skowhegan, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.5 cm x 16 cm
- Local Code: 20.047.2
- Collection: Henry A. Wyman Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Lawyers--Maine--Skowhegan
- Drug stores--Maine--Skowhegan
- Stores--Maine--Skowhegan
- Businesses--Maine--Skowhegan
- Stores, Retail--Maine--Skowhegan
- Law offices--Maine--Skowhegan
- Galleries
People
- Bell, James B
- Brown, Charles Farrar
- Brown, J D
- Brown, W. M. E
- Farwell,
- Flagg, Benjamin R
- Fuller, Albert
- Littlefield,
- Plummer, Henry
- Ward, Artemus
- Williams,
- Woodbury, Harold C
- Woodbury, Mrs. Harold C
Other Keywords
- attorney
- Coburn Avenue
- Democratic Clarion
- dry goods merchant
- Elm Street
- famous humorist
- Fuller Drug Store
- Littlefield Building
- Madison Avenue
- military
- printing office
- Republican Clarion
- Russell Street
- Somerset Argus
For more information about this item, contact:
Skowhegan History House66 Elm Street, PO Box 832, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-6632
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