Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… all who chose to occupy them, and a tier of wall pews in the rear… The pulpit… was elevated according to the custom which prevailed in those times…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"… white building with a bell tower and forty-four pews. The total cost of the church was 4,750 dollars."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"… Benjamin and Judith Bussey in 1826, contained 78 pews valued at $4066. In 1847 the Thomaston Academy building was built to the east of the church."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… expansion & immigration (1865-1900) Pew payment receipt, Biddeford, 1806, 1807, 1810Biddeford Historical Society By 1880 almost 50% of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… balcony was torn down, the doors leading into the pews were removed and the side pews either removed or rearranged."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"The Methodists had twenty-three pews, the Congregationalists had fourteen and one half, the Universalists had eleven and one half, and the Baptists…"

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… with the choir, and at first they didn’t have any pews. In 1990, the steeple was struck by lightning in a big thunderstorm."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Many of those early pew owners were some of the earliest settlers in town.Farmington Historical Society The early settlers desired higher education…"