Keywords: Ocean House
Item 25394
Porter Memorial Hall, Ocean Park, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Ocean Park Media: Photographic print
Item 13652
Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1870 Location: Kennebunk Media: Cabinet photograph
Item 67876
62 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: C. A. Phinney Use: Garage
Item 68709
492 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Edward B. Winslow Use: Garage
Item 151512
Alterations to house for Walter P. Jacob, Cape Elizabeth, 1976
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–1976 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Walter P. Jacob Architect: Stevens Architects
Item 151710
House for Jessie Wright, Cape Elizabeth, 1913-1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1924 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Jessie Wright Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel
"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House
"… spreading their organization across the Atlantic Ocean to United States. Then, in 1857 and 1892, two I.O.O.F. lodges were built in Kansas."
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
