Maine Memory Network

YMCA, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Glass Negative

Corner view of the first YMCA in Bangor, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative

481-511 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: YMCA Building

Greenville YMCA, Greenville, ca. 1971

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1971 Location: Greenville Client: YMCA Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Bangor Y.M.C.A. building, Bangor, 1950-1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950–1956 Location: Bangor Client: Y.M.C.A. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"One of the many businesses in our block was the YMCA which stands for Young Men Christian Association."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… the business island, was Chisholm’s answer to a YMCA for the Town of Rumford. He formed two organizations (The Rumford Mechanics Institutes to…"

Two-minute Tale of the Pandemic
by Nancy Creighton Collins

What everyday life was like during the beginning of the pandemic.