Keywords: Mansion homes
Item 9914
Goodall Mansion, Sanford, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 26572
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1937 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 45326
103-113 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Louise H Libby Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 69138
73-81 Park Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Stuart O. Symonds Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 109857
Plans for Bay Point Hotel, Rockland, 1889-1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889–1902 Location: Rockland Client: H. Ricker and Sons Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Item 111666
Barn at Deering Mansion on Bedford Street, Portland, 1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier
"… who popularized the Adamesque style that used elements found in classical Greek architecture. This elegant mansion was a home fit for royalty."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947
"… known with its hotels and B&Bs as a tourist spot while Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor are now home to the summer population and their mansions."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.