Maine Memory Network

Postcard of McLellan House in Gorham, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Gorham Media: Postcard

McLellan House in Gorham ca. 1886

Contributed by: Gorham Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print

Fire Brick Storage, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Fire Brick Storage

Assessor's Record, 705 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lucas Brick Company Use: Shed - Kilns & Brick Oven

Somerset County Court House, Skowhegan, 1873-1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873–1904 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Today, the Brick Inn houses many of the local college students, The present owners, much like the previous owners, have continued to maintain the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the Opera House was wood, while the outside was brick. The heating system caught fire and quickly ignited the wood."

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.