Keywords: Columbia Hotel
Item 27940
Columbia Hotel, Bath, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1905 Location: Bath Media: Postcard
Item 25039
Columbia Hotel, Portland, ca. 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
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
Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows
"… of Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith and attending Columbia at night. In 1950, he moved to Boston to complete his architectural education at Harvard…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"… that were in the block before this fire were Columbia Hall, candy and meat stores, grocery stores, and a restaurant."
Story
Jennie Aranovitch - honoring family legacy and Jewish identity
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Her great-grandparents journey from Belarus through current day Jewish experience in Biddeford.
