Keywords: Old Court House
Item 40286
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
Item 33578
View of Bangor from Old Court House, ca. 1882
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1882 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 51745
Assessor's Record, 138-150 Federal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cumberland County Court House - Exempt Use: Court House
Item 40495
9-17 Cotton Street Court, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Trustees of the Estate of Frank P. Cummings Use: Stable
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
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
Historic Hallowell - Dummer House
"As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill
"… porches in the front, between which was an open court leading to the main entrance. Paul Revere Bell Commissioned for Thomaston Meeting House…"
