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Item 9559

Spragueville barn fire, 1960

Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1960 Location: Spragueville Media: Photoprint

Item 9547

Barn fire, Presque Isle, 1961

Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: 1961-03-08 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint

Item 9562

Woodworth barn fire, Presque Isle, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1960 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Exhibit

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"The Longfellow barn had caught fire in 1852. Alexander W. Longfellow disassembled it and moved it to Highfield, his home at 14 Highland Street."

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John Merrill and son, Edwin, Leeds, 1860

John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More

John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.

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Fairbanks Building on fire, Bangor, 1911

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… players may have caused the fire in the hay barn, perhaps from a carelessly discarded cigarette."

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Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca. 1880

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca."

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Old Ell, Rye Field Lane, Northeast Harbor 1939

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"He feared the barn risked being tinder for the entire neighborhood had the hay inside ignited. The structure was therefore moved northwestward around…"