Keywords: United States Hotel
Item 33751
Hotel Braeburn, Guilford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Item 104917
Governors gathered for convention at Poland Springs, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-06-30 Location: Poland Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 151453
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
Scarborough: They Answered the Call
Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel
"The Lincoln House Hotel was built in the 1820s, but it was demolished on March 9th, 1958. It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel
"The hotel consisted of forty-six units, mostly for single people. Miss Mary Oak, who lived near by on the corner of Academy and Second Streets, built…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
