Maine Memory Network

Houlton Community Park, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Community Building, Rockland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Location: Rockland Media: Linen texture postcard

20-22 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Leland H. Poore Use: Community Club

Assessor's Record, 22 WIlmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William Byron Use: Garage

Community Building, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Client: unknown Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Proposed Community, Health, and Recreation Facility, Bangor, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Inverstors Realty Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986

The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.

A Handwritten Community Newspaper

The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… that allowed MHS to then develop the Maine Community Heritage Project, a program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ."

Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.

Aimé Muyombano, Phd - From adversity to community service
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Fleeing atrocities in Africa, Professor Muyombano dedicates himself to a life of community service

How Do Communities Represent Themselves

Grade Level: K-2 Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.