Keywords: Coastal homes
Item 100445
John Howard Stevens architectural watercolor, Portland, 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland Media: Watercolor on board
Item 10292
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Alna Media: Forged Iron
Item 151810
Cowan residence, Brooksville, 2013
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Brooksville Clients: Sophie Sides Cowan; Douglas Cowan Architect: Elliott and Elliott Architecture
Item 151335
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"… the war, he was particularly concerned with coastal shipping and defenses in the District of Maine."
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before and during Maine’s transition…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma
30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine
