Maine Memory Network

Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Stereograph

Laconia Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1895

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

130-134 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Board of Home Missions Use: Dwelling - Two family

Pettengill property, Sunset Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elizabeth T. Pettengill Use: Boarding House

Boarding house for, Rumford, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

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.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was Collector of Customs and Joseph C…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground. He immediately turned and saw Haley stuck, then raised the alarm."

Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein

How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021