Keywords: court house
Item 16293
Houlton Court House and County Jail, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 99414
K.B. Sewall admission to argue at Supreme Court, 1852
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1852-01-06 Location: Mobile Media: Lithograph
Item 51745
Assessor's Record, 138-150 Federal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cumberland County Court House - Exempt Use: Court House
Item 57361
Dwelling, Hamlin Court, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Ansel E. Hamlin Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Item 151582
Somerset County Court House, Skowhegan, 1873-1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873–1904 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 150682
House for Mr. Willard Linscott, Auburn, 1892
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892 Location: Auburn Client: Willard Linscott Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Dummer House
"As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"… Hampshire was put into service in front of the Court House. The trough cost the town fathers ~ $125."
Story
My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)
The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.
