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Item 30903

Flood, Guilford Coal Sheds, 1934

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 81450

Portland Water District lumber sheds, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 22833

Springvale Depot Freight Shed, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Tax Records

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Item 32679

25-27 Bismark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James Forgione Style: Shed Use: Stable

Item 32687

Railroad, Bishop Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Style: Shed Use: Railroad - Store House

Item 84416

Demmons property, Cushing Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edith M Demmons Use: sheds

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111130

Tool shed for John Calvin Stevens, Cape Elizabeth, 1978

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1978-05-31 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: John Calvin Stevens, II Architect: John Calvin Stevens, II

Item 109522

Coal Shed for W. E. Cloutier & Co., Lewiston, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Lewiston Client: W.E. Cloutier & Co. Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109729

Coal Shed for Lewiston Gas Light Company, Lewiston, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Gas Light Company Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Preble House, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1895

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Exhibit

Methodist Church, West Baldwin, ca. 1900

West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

Exhibit

Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

"… Women and men are husking corn under the shed roof at the E.S. Dingley Corn Shop in Farmington Falls. Bushels of corn are in foreground."

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Hallowell Granite Works stone yard, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… included a business office, two stone-cutting sheds, a modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house…"