Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"The Lincoln House Hotel was built in the 1820s, but it was demolished on March 9th, 1958. It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"The hotel consisted of forty-six units, mostly for single people. Miss Mary Oak, who lived near by on the corner of Academy and Second Streets, built…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"Another hotel, the Presque Isle House Hotel, was built on the same location. In January 1900, the Presque Isle House Hotel was destroyed by fire."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine State…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… gave voting rights to “every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting paupers, persons under…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea obtained it’s name but…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"X Students from the Islesboro Central School United States History class (fifteen total) were divided into five groups (one group for each exhibit…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Governors from across the United States were excited to see what vacationland had to offer. Participants were treated to a ride in the Navy Airship…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… treaty stated that the eastern boundary of the United States was the St. Croix River, but documentation never made clear which river was the St."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Grant, stayed in the Lincoln House Hotel. As far as we know, no notable people have visited or made an impact on the Masonic Hall."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… they were serenaded back to their state-run hotel where Soviet citizens were not allowed to join them in their rooms."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Charles Bell and owned by the Forster Manufacturing Company. Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"That home later became the Hotel Strong. Jeremy also built a mill, called Porter’s Mill, which made excelsior and other wood products."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"In January 1994, after 108 years, the building was demolished for parking a parking lot for the Northeastland Hotel. Sources: Clark, Marilyn, Wm."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… was thrown in his honor in one of the area hotels at which he was served a glass of champagne."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"This station site used to be the Phair Hotel owned by James Phair. He sold the building and land to the B&A, who later tore down the home for the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… performers often boarded at private homes or area hotels, which provided a boost to the local economy."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"Hinckley Hannibal Hamlin Rufus Prince Annie Martin Mabelle Martin Silver Lake Hotel parlors illustrations"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"The United States entered the war in 1941, and many island men and women left to join the war effort."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust Company Bank in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Iron Company and the Silver Lake Hotel, and wrote descriptions of the business, employees, and conditions of iron production."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… village had become the social capitol of the United States. Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"Jonathan Cilley, a United States Congressman and brilliant attorney, who lived a few houses to the east of Robinson, was killed in a duel near…"