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Keywords: Park Avenue

Historical Items

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Item 12847

Park Avenue, Portland, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 148247

Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-05 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 25248

St. John Street and Park Avenue, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 69310

214 Park Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Annie E. McDonough Use: Garage

Item 69281

146 Park Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Royal S. Webster Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 69287

178 Park Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nathan Japoll Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111336

Riverton Park, Portland, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109935

Camden Shores Front Park Planting Plan, Camden, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Camden Client: unknown Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Item 149179

Milliken residence paving plan, New York, NY, 1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: New York Client: Gerrish H. Milliken Architect: Beatrix Farrand

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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.

Exhibit

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… in 1885, Bar Harbor’s summer Indian village at the foot of Holland Avenue was home to 250 Wabanakis. In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki..."

Site Page

Millinocket Fire Department

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Baptist Church is located just down Plymouth Avenue hill. The English-speaking Anglicans from England constructed a unique structure from stones…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.