Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Sometimes the cakes were broken apart. Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Sometimes the cakes were broken apart. Men would guide blocks of ice towards the conveyor belt that lifted the ice into the ice houses for shipping…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic lights."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… store on Center Street in Bangor -- 15 feet apart. The store also had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over a large room that ever was…"

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

"Apart from the fishing industry, many laborers were attracted to Swan’s Island’s quarries. The largest of these, the Baird's Quarry in Minturn…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"On August 31, 1978, Timothy Hasset, director for development of Maine Housing Authority, said that the construction of the new apartments would begin…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

""Maine Memory Network - The Oak Hotel Apartments, Presque Isle, ca. 1950." The Maine Memory Network, Maine's online museum, a project of the Maine…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Skowhegan and Madison might be just ordinary towns, but Lakewood that sets us apart. Research for this essay provided by Skowhegan History House."

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"This first residence contained three small apartments, which housed women, some with young children, for up to eighteen-months."

Wilson Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"The Cafe was in an apartment over Oaks Appliance. You would have to call in advance to reserve a seat. They served pasta and other good Italian food."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"The LHS created an apartment upstairs to help supplement their income. There was a 10-year mortgage on the building that could be paid off in four…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… and Page Creator The Brick Inn, now an apartment building. (photo taken in 2020) X Located on High Street, this building has been a rather…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"In 1803 a portion of Holmantown was set apart, became incorporated, and was named Dixfield. The land remaining was called Holmantown for the next…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Braeburn & Edes Buildings, Guilford, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society The Braeburn Hotel was built in 1907 at the site of the Turner House and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Turner House served as an apartment building complex. The Braeburn building finally burned down in early March of 2003."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"These apartment complexes housed many of the less well-paid workers of the mills. According to a Rumford Falls Times article of August 4, 1923 by a…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new apartments. The mills dried themselves off and were going full tilt once again, a $20 million…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Keith hoped to find a apartment and a job at White Castle. After ten months, he hoped to have enough money to support his family and buy the fox farm."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Walnut Hill and East North Yarmouth, four miles apart, were equally busy. The two villages often saw themselves as separately aligned: East North…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"There were large families living in small apartments. (These buildings have now all been torn down as part of an urban renewal project in the…"