Maine Memory Network

Plot plan for the new Mercy Hospital, Portland, 1941

Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: 1941 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

St. Matthew's Pavilion, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

56-70 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Children's Hospital Use: Hospital

204-206 State Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Queens Hospital Use: Hospital

Osteopathic Hospital, Portland, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Portland Client: Portland Osteopathic Hospital Architect: Stevens and Saunders Architects

Hospital building, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932 Client: unknown Architect: John P. Thomas

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"1930Northern Light Mercy Hospital The Story of Mercy Hospital began in the fall of 1918, with one of the greatest health crisis in the city's…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital The demand for a hospital was so great that Bishop Walsh decided to establish a new one."

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.