Maine Memory Network

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"Miss Oak also had a photography studio in the hotel. She had been a photographer since 1912 and wanted to expand her business."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Seaside Hotel Commemorative Plate, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society After the Civil War, several factors combined that would change the face of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"Sources: Clark, Marilyn, Wm. Clark Ketcham, and Dale Steinhauer. City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet. Vol. 125."

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1859, Presque Isle grew large enough to support a hotel, a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses, such as the J.L. Douglas clothing store, and John O."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House, locally considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"This block was built on the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall, which burned in 1893."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… home was moved to Vine Street where it became a hotel. The primary purpose of the Customs House in 1858 was to house the Collector of Customs for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… designed by Webster and Libby and the Eastland Hotel in Portland and the Houlton Hotel by Herbert W. Rhodes."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… visitors now bring domestic servants from their city homes, preferring to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for…"

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."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… trucker who transported goods and produce in the city. Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876 and immediately entered the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Architecture, leaving in 1936 to work in New York City on WPA mural projects with such noted artists as Stuart Davis and Philip Guston."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"Impressive homes and a stellar hotel fill the city. In the 1960s an urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… place “alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels, who swept them up in buckboards and whirled them at a gallop to their hotels.” -Harper’s New…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… We have now daily communication with the city and daily papers are received on the day of publication In no other way has the improvement been…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"By the early 1870s, rusticators had plenty of hotels from which to choose, and by the early 1880s, many had built their own “cottages.” For the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839. The first building owned by the Lodge, erected in 1840, proved unsastisfactory and…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… and Preble Streets prior to its expansion into a hotel in 1859. This photograph was taken between the completion of Mussey’s Row in 1852 and the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

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