Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"1850 through the present. Represented works include Maine architects and designers; commissioned projects in Maine or for Maine residents; and to a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"… currently represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by contributing repository."

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… collection provided an opportunity to expand landscape design holdings and build a network of partners to support converting the database to a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"Search the Database The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database organizes and searches for items at the commission (project) level."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… architect, Frederick Tompson was an accomplished landscape painter, sculptor, and photographer. He belonged to the Brush’un painting group with…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Mount Desert Island was a place of environmental diversity and dramatic landscape well before it became a favorite summering place of Indigenous…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… of Architects in Maine; while others do not yet have a listing. Researchers are encouraged to review both resources for a given designer."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Harriman in Auburn, where he worked as a designer from 1956 to 1961. From 1961 until his retirement in 1978, he directed Harriman’s design department."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Shettleworth, Jr. Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. That year the noted German architect Walter Gropius joined the department as a faculty…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… and developed friendships with such influential designers as William R. Emerson and Robert S. Peabody."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… 1895 at the age of thirty-two, he was active in designing homes, churches, public buildings, and business blocks."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"John P. Thomas was a highly accomplished designer who favored the Georgian Revival style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Between 1896 and 1899 the partnership designed changes to the Mansion House, the first inn at the Ricker family’s famous Poland Spring resort."

Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… shopkeeper who was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and other topics and wrote and illustrated five volumes of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Barnyard gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… in Bangor, who was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and numerous other topics, drew the series of gate designs in…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… was interested in architecture, gardening and landscaping, dancing, his family, politics, education, and numerous other topics."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Landscape Photography Mussey's Row, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1856Maine Historical Society Taken in 1845 or 1846, this view of buildings…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Landscape Photography Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… "General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March." He had worked most of his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… Bangor, also was a devoted gardener, proud of his landscape designs, and the fruit trees and vegetables he grew."