Keywords: Park Street
Item 98908
Emeline Park Residence, Main Street, Dixfield, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 28640
Brunswick, Merrymeeting Park, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1898 Location: Brunswick Media: Postcard
Item 69159
Assessor's Record, 94-108 Park Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Park Street Block Proprietry Use: Land only
Item 69188
Assessor's Record, 132-134 Park Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Passage between 132 & 134 Park Street Use: Passage
Item 109832
Apartment House Built on Park Street, Lewiston, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 111594
Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"X As you take your walk down Summer Street today, imagine how it used to look before the street was paved, before the advent of automobiles, and…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"In addition to politics, he was a Member of the Park & Cemetery Board. He was prominent in Masonic Lodges, and he was a member of the Knights Templar."
Story
30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma
30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
