Maine Memory Network

Loose hay loader, Littleton, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Steel, wood

Hay wagon at the barn, Westport Island, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1910 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 436-460 Westbrook Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: A Hawes Use: Hay Barn

74-90 Westbrook Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: N R. Johnson Use: Hay Barn

Various buildings for State School For Boys, South Portland, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896–1908 Location: South Portland Client: State of Maine Architect: Coombs & Gibbs
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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine

Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"He feared the barn risked being tinder for the entire neighborhood had the hay inside ignited. The structure was therefore moved northwestward around…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"I used to give them hay, I tramped in hay and all and these were great big horses and I was scared to death they were gonna kick me or something."

A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn

The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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