Keywords: Granite House
Item 50115
Granite House, Fairfield, 1938
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1938-06-18 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 19465
Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 56702
18 Granite Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Lincoln Conley Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 56703
41-45 Granite Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frederick Z. Butterfield Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
Site Page
Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"The original building was completely made of granite. The 1912 addition was also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot…"
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
