Maine Memory Network

Gymnasium, Gibbs Avenue, Bridgton, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Bridgton Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper, photograph

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Alumni Gymnasium, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1946

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1946 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 716-730 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Westbrook Seminary Use: Gymnasium

Assessor's Record, 95 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles P. Greenleaf Use: Gymnasium

Wilton Academy gymnasium, Wilton, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Wilton Client: Wilton Academy Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Hebron Academy gymnasium, Hebron, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Hebron Client: Hebron Academy Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"In 1949, the gymnasium wasn’t meeting the demands of the school, so a new gym was constructed next to the old one."

Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm

Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.