Maine Memory Network

Home on East Side of Cottage Street, Sanford, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Cottage Street Looking West, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1907 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

15 Cottage Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Eve Thornton Use: Dwelling - Single family

22 Cottage Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elizabeth Sears Use: Dwelling - Single family

Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

John S. Hyde farmer's cottage, Bath, 1913-1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1915 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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."

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.” By 1890, the cottage-building boom had transformed Bar Harbor."