Maine Memory Network

The Bird Sanctuary, Fairfield, ca. 1936

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1936 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Sanctuary, Phippsburg Congregational Church, Phippsburg, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Phippsburg Media: Photographic print

Portland Orthodox Synagogue, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Portland Client: Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Architect: Perley F. Gilbert Associates

Unity of Portland, Windham, 1991-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1994 Location: Windham; Portland Client: Unity Spiritual Center of Portland Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… above where the original altar was located in the sanctuary. A minister who studied Greek said the words are not of the Christian Era he studied."

Baxter State Park

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