Maine Memory Network

Vaughan Hall/McGeachey Hall at Maine Medical Center, Portland, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Maine Medical Center School of Nursing graduates, Portland, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954-09-27 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Forest Street Grammar School, Westbrook, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Westbrook Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Various buildings for State School For Boys, South Portland, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896–1908 Location: South Portland Client: State of Maine Architect: Coombs & Gibbs
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Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca. 1895Guilford Historical Society The second school to appear in Guilford was built in 1818 in Guilford Center."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"Martin wrote that until the Center Street school was built in 1855, his eldest daughter, Ada, attended the Division Street School."

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system

Michael Reilly: preserving an iconic family business
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The story behind Reilly's Bakery, at the heart of Biddeford’s Main Street for 100+ years