Keywords: Thomaston estate
Item 26635
At Levensaler Store, Thomaston, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 26623
The Overlock House, Thomaston, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870
"However, the small farmhouse on the estate was spared and utilized as the Thomaston Depot until 1956, when it was sold to the DAR."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock
"James Overlock (1813-1906) came to Thomaston from Waldoboro in 1836, and apprenticed as a ship’s carpenter and house joiner with Robert Cushing."
