Keywords: Hamlen
Item 22390
James H. Hamlen II, Portland, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 6829
Old Hamlen Estate, Gorham, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print
Item 85205
James Hamlen Residence, Little Chebeague Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H. Hamlen and Estate Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 93218
James H. Hamlen Estate property, Little Chebeague Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H. Hamlen Estate Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 150994
Addition to the House at Grand Beach for J.C. Hamlen Esq., Old Orchard, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Old Orchard Client: J. C. Hamlen Architect: John P. Thomas
Item 150993
House on Chadwick Street for Mr. J.C. Hamlen, Portland, 1926-1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: J. C. Hamlen Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)