Keywords: Longfellow Quarry
Item 29253
Moving Granite, Outer Winthrop Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 20930
John Neal house, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"Granite the from the Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as Granite Hill) to the Cutting Sheds was a challenge."
