Maine Memory Network

Federal Style House, Limerick, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Limerick Media: Photographic print

Hepplewhite Federal chest of drawers, York, ca. 1810

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1810 Location: York Media: Mahogany with satinwood veneer, poplar, birch and

U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1931 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Treasury Department Architect: J. A. Wetmore

Home for Aged Men, Portland, 1915-1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915–1924 Location: Portland Client: G. W. Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an office for the Port Surgeon and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… that remain in the current downtown include a Federal-style residence near the southwest corner of Centre and Water Streets, and 106 Front Street…"

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.