Maine Memory Network

Rocky Cliff at Prouts Neck, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Winslow Homer and Frank Coolbroth, Prouts Neck, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency

Cottage at Prout's Neck, 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

House and garage at Prouts Neck for Mr. Phineas Sprague, Scarborough, 1927-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1929 Location: Scarborough Client: Phineas Sprague Architect: John P. Thomas

Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

Scarborough: They Answered the Call

Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"The Story of Prouts Neck. Prouts Neck, ME: Prouts Neck Association, 1924. Jones, Herbert G. The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Winslow Homer and Frank Coolbroth, Prouts Neck, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Winslow Homer Winslow Homer, landscape painter best…"