Keywords: Stover house
Item 34795
Village School, Blue Hill, before 1914
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 20886
Stover House, West Harpswell, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Harpswell Media: Stereograph
Item 52218
69-75 Frances Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Thomas J Stover Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 52219
Assessor's Record, 69-75 Frances Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Thomas J Stover Use: Garage
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now South Street."
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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"The Blue Hill Inn was built by George Stover in 1892. The inn opened its doors in 1896. It overlooked the ocean and offered guests a scenic view of…"
