Maine Memory Network

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

"… StyleNew Sweden Historical Society Late 19th century/early 20th century architectural styles that are still commonly found in the Colony are the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The Sagadahoc Club was a very prestigious men's club, and was first organized on December 3rd, 1888."

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"Themed Image Galleries Queen City Flying Club Jacket, ca. 1930 Organizational Uniforms Image GalleryMaine Historical Society The greater part…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… often called “Movie Palaces” in the early 20th century when they were new and truly beautiful. The entrance was very elaborate at the Bath Opera…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… and Asa Palmer by William King, earlier in the century. To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… of the age of automobiles in the early 20th century, Bath adapted to suiting the needs of not just local townspeople but travelers as well."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"The architect of the Columbian Block was John Calvin Stevens, who was the best architect in the State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… 1899, has owned the building for most of the 20th century. The building was purchased from SREA by Ken Young."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Public Library In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the in-migration of people from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… and was the father of Emma Eames, a turn of the century opera star, who sang for European royalty. His son-in-law, Thomas W."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Holt, Alfred T., 2000, “Bath Families of the 19th Century.” Longley, Diane G. and Whitney, Arlene L., 1996, “The People’s History of Bath…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Busts (1790-1865) The second decade of the 19th century kicked off a period of immense change for Biddeford and Saco."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"By the end of the 18th century the logs were being sent down from Fryeburg and points north. Before 1800 there were 17 sawmills around the falls…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… 1909McArthur Public Library At the turn of the century Biddeford was a place of opportunity, of excitement, of possibility."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… for Maine tribes, and usage dates from the 18th century. The French called the ethnic group of southwestern Maine “Armouchiquois“, but the tribes…"

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

"While building the new block, the supervisor of construction, was killed. James E. Haley was killed soon after nine o' clock while working on the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries. The area of modern Maine was the crossroads of English and French North America, and all…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Right before this new Town Hall was occupied, the “Great Fire of 1837” decimated most of the early records thought to be safely in storage."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Davenport Fund donated money for a new level of stacks. The new wing was constructed in a style harmonious to the original building and promoted…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Changing habits, the use of automobiles, and new technology killed these entertainment venues, once an important part of Bath's life."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"SEE New NOTES Mary Camp Swanton and Henry Worcester Swanton, Ambrotypes, ca. 1864, BathPatten Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton…"