Keywords: State Capitol
Item 100644
Maine State House, Augusta, ca. 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1936 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 11879
State Capitol, Augusta, ca. 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-27 Location: Augusta Media: Postcard
Item 109929
Maine Sate Capitol Preliminary Plan, Augusta, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: Olmsted Brothers
Item 111318
Proposed State Capitol Building, Portland, 1889
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Site Page
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959
"Awaiting a train ride to the Capitol National Community Christmas Tree, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society Pictured here on…"
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
Story
Being an NP during social unrest
by Jacqueline P. Fournier
A snapshot of Mainers in a medical crisis of the time/Human experience in Maine.
