Maine Memory Network

D.W. Heseltine Apothecaries, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Garcelon Apothecary and Druggist, Lewiston, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1870 Media: Phototransparency

Alterations to store at Woodfords Corner for Chapman & Wyman, Portland, ca. 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Portland Client: Chapman & Wyman Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden House Bar, 1837

"Increase S. Sanger to learn the apothecary business. Sanger bought the Hampden House and young Martin worked there until Sanger sold the business."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"Snow Otis Stone Reed Harding Martin's plow Martin's garden First passenger steamer Doctor Allen Rogers Tavern, apothecary shop"