Maine Memory Network

Freight elevator, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Freight elevator, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

27 Allen Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Morrill's Coal & Wood Compant Style: Industrial Use: Grain Elevator & Mill

84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Grain Elevator & Mill

Baxter Building, Portland, 1908-1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908–1909 Location: Portland Client: James P. Baxter Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Powering Pejepscot Paper Co.

In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.

A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh

In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867

"Model for a barn supposing the site is an elevation on a main thoroughfare or connected with a house where room can be obtained on lots conspicuous."…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"Her ideals were elevated, her trust in eternal goodness and its purpose strengthened, and her own possibilities as a social and intellectual force…"

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.

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.