Maine Memory Network

St. Charles Church, St. Francis, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1912 Location: St. Francis Media: Photographic postcard

Interior of St. John's Episcopal Church, Bangor, 1895

Contributed by: St. John's Episcopal Church through Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Simonton property, Church Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John R. Simonton Use: Summer Dwelling

Peaks Island Methodist Church Trustees property, E. Side D Street, Lot 18, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Peaks Island Methodist Church Trustees Use: Parsonage

First Baptist Church, Portland, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland Client: First Baptist Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Congregational Church alterations, Winslow, 1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Winslow Client: Winslow Congregational Church Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The Catholic Church, St. Mary Lourdes, has been standing for a tad more than 100 years. It is a cozy little church that is still attended today by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… Church, also known as Central Congregational Church, in Bangor are shown in this illustration by John Martin (1823-1904), who included it on page…"

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system

Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time