Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… With my research, I found out the Lincoln House Hotel was considered one of best hotels in Maine. It allowed people to stay a while in Lincoln to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910

"This shows the Hotel Willows in landscaped setting, and provides details of the Willows amenities as well as the glories of Farmington."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"… A Savage Family Business Savage Family Hotel Page Images -III Click here to see pictures and read about the hotels and inns of the Savage…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… on Main Street in Pittsfield, the Stoddard House Hotel in Farmington, the Fiske Store in North Waterford, and the Lufkin and Noyes Building in West…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Although the hotel was reduced in size following the 1929 Depression and finally razed in 1950, most of the houses that were built by the visitors to…"

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…"

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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Swan's Island Historical Society Early settlers supplemented their harvests with fishing to make a decent living."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"By the early twentieth century, several Maine architects relied on professional delineators for their renderings."

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

"… little documented information is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's incorporation in 1789, except that many were…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… SInce arriving in the 18th century, Islesboro's early settlers depended on privately owned boats for transportation to the mainland."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Use), Water Transportation (Transportation), and Early Settlements (Settlements). X Students from the Islesboro Central School United States…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… was divided into seven districts; most of these early schools no longer exist. District Number One was situated on nearby Seven Hundred Acre Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947

"MDI and the Fire of 1947 Belmont Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society The Fire of 1947 wiped out nearly 70 summer homes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and telephone service linking four hotels, a livery stable, Bee's Store, and the local doctor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… Charles was thrown into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage (1877-1965), at the young age of 19 when he was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the heyday…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… firm in Boston to oversee the construction of the Hotel Pemberton at Nantasket Beach. His eighteen months in Boston were critical to his…"

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings on Wheels Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… built the first Asticou Inn in 1883 (a 40-room hotel with only one bathroom, which was located approximately where the current Asticou Inn is…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"He and his wife also owned the Ocean View Hotel in Swan’s Island Village where many dances took place."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels, restaurants, movies, and dances. The mackerel population had been fished to exhaustion by…"