Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"Building Boom, early 19th century Ship Samuel Watts, Rounding the Beacon, Thomaston, Maine 1970Thomaston Historical Society With the arrival…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"In the late 19th Century the leisure class made remote, rustic Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada fashionable."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… is a town whose architecture retains the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"1960Thomaston Historical Society During the mid 19th century, Knox Street, formerly known as Knox’s Lane or driveway, became a public street when…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… many other Maine communities founded in the late 19th century. Examples of some of the first log structures can still be found, though the logs may…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… of the nation’s first millionaires during the 19th century. In the 20th century, several draggers and sardine boats were built for New England…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… of 18th century structures and about 400 original 19th century structures - including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, French…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… a very active industrial center for most of the 19th century. Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… 85 per cent were built during the 18th and 19th centuries. Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"For most of the 19th century one bank or another occupied the first floor of the Lincoln Block. The last bank to occupy the building was the First…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"… for influential citizens and sea captains of the 19th century. Fine examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Victorian…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"… West Main Street, and was modified in the late 19th century with a change in the roofline. It was destroyed by fire in 1911 and was never rebuilt."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… a mainstay of the local economy for all of the 19th century. When the granite industry moved into full production carpenters and wheelwrights…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of lumber for building ships in the 18th and 19th centuries, as a conduit for national and international commerce, as a watery road to the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… in construction dates from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century. It was a comfortable and proven style with which builders were familiar."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… of the businesses before Wilson's, in the late 19th century, was Annette's grocery store and another grocery store owned by Michael Gannet."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"In the last quarter of the 19th century, the two major shipyards of Burgess and O’Brien and Captain Samuel Watts produced several Down Easters, a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Senior's offices were at the Church Block in the 19th Century. The Church Block currently houses a printing company."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"At the commencement of the 19th century, the first settlers were limited in books, and it is surprising that so many grew up learning to read and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… has become world-famous for its variety of 19th century architecture, and Centre Street remains the most direct way to Bath's vibrant downtown."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"“Maine’s Century” Ends As the 19th century -- Maine’s magnificent era under sail -- came to an end, Hallowell’s heyday in maritime commerce also…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… of interest to the people of Maine in the early 19th century. Some of their debate topics and votes might surprise us today."