Keywords: J. P. Merrill Building
Item 8152
North side of Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1890 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 8132
North side of Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan; Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan
Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2
"… carpentry for houses and buildings from 1856 to 1871. The Weeks family resided on such Munjoy Hill streets as Beckett, Merrill, and Vesper."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"On October 2, 1915, a cargo truck from F. E. Merrill Lumber, of Turner, loaded with empty shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
