Keywords: Oldest Home
Item 80918
Davison Home, Monson, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 33743
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Item 65229
73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments
Item 151720
Portland Packing Company, Portland, 1916-1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: Portland; Skowhegan Client: Portland Packing Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War
Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… access to three of Maine Historical Society’s oldest and most significant archival holdings: the Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebec…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket at grave, Bangor, 1889
"She was the second oldest child. In 1880, she had married G. Fred Snow, and the couple moved to New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
Stories from Eastport
by Ruth McInnis
My memories of growing up in Eastport, WWII, camping, and history on the border