Keywords: 1851 Bath Maine Map
Item 11043
Waterfront and downtown Bath, 1851
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1851 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources
"Hammett, circa 1830. City of Bath, Lincoln County, Maine. A. G. Gillet, Publisher, 1851. Sagadahoc County, Maine. J. Chace, Publisher, 1858."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"1901Patten Free Library According to the 1851 map of Bath, three separate buildings occupied the property where the Customs House was later built."
