Maine Memory Network

Architectural drawing of a cottage for Kineo Company, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901-04-22 Location: Kineo Media: ink on linen

Architectural drawing, Kineo cottage, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901-04-30 Location: Kineo Media: ink on linen

Coombs property, S. Side Onway Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harold D. Coombs Use: Summer Dwelling

92 Pitt Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James E Coombs Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Homes and tomb stones for Coombs family, Lewiston, 1878-1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878–1939 Location: Lewiston Clients: George M.; Coombs Architect: George M. Coombs; Stevens and Coombs
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Commercial Block for G.M. Coombs, Auburn, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Auburn Client: George M. Coombs Architect: George M. Coombs

Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"George Coombs’ younger son Harry Stevens Coombs entered the office upon graduation from Bowdoin College in 1901."

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"The commission is associated with George M. Coombs. This item is part of the Coombs Brothers architectural drawings collection."