Keywords: Home improvements
Item 13499
Medal, Improved Order of Red Men, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg Media: Metal
Item 16964
Bailey home, Baileyville, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Alexander-Crawford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Woodland Media: Photographic print
Item 85329
Owner in 1924: Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association Use: Wharf
Item 86773
Long Island Improvement Association property, 1 Wharf Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Long Island Improvement Association Use: Wharf
Item 151884
Dillon residence, Northeast Harbor, 1988
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1988 Location: Mount Desert Client: Susan Dillon Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
Item 151017
Improvements at Falmouth Hotel stairs and cocktail lounge, Portland, 1920-1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1936 Location: Portland Client: Falmouth Hotel Architect: John P. Thomas; Poor & Thomas
Exhibit
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 Ties: Sebago During the Civil War
Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864
"… of the house and grounds -- showing the improvements he made. A commentary that accompanies the drawing in "John Martin's Journal," which he began…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851
"The journal describes what Martin did to improve the property after someone built on the next lot, right against his house."
Story
Portland cuisine supports health in West Africa
by Maria Cushing
I present Portuguese inspired food to fundraise for Amigos de Mente
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars