Keywords: Merchants Row
Item 31077
Flood, Merchants Row, Hallowell, 1896
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1896 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 27913
Merchants' Row, Bath, ca. 1883
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1883 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row
"Merchants' Row X Merchants' Row is the oldest part that still survives in Bath's downtown. These buildings are from 167 to 177 years old, and…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits
"… and The Opera House Ledyard Block Lincoln Block Merchants' Row Old Town Hall and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station…"
