Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

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

"… to Boston!), the first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire company, first fraternal lodge, first high school, first newspaper, first city…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"There were rumors that it was Guilford House of Pizza, but that was not true. Bank Square and Elm Street Businesses, Guilford, 1955Guilford…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Several banks collapsed. Thomaston Banks were kept in business only through the generosity and connections of millionaire Edward O’Brien, president…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"Later the building became the first organized bank called the Presque Isle National Bank. The next change for the building happened when it became…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… four-storey brick building has served as a bank, commercial shops, sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… PROJECT c/o McArthur Public Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, Maine 04005 U.S.A. BY EMAIL: reference@mcarthur.lib.me.us *Please include "BIDDEFORD…"

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

"It first opened in the Freeman House on Pool Street in 1906. A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… buildings, businesses and even entire city streets. The widespread destruction that these blazes caused often required the assistance of fire…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… April 3rd, Biddeford and Saco rejoiced in the streets as the news of Lee’s surrender spread like wildfire."

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… Parish Meetinghouse and do the Museum in the Streets. The students were great; they outperformed themselves." -Raymond Gaudette, President…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"Main Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"… Public Library South Side of Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library The trailblazers of the Biddeford Heritage Project."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… other place names, like Peirson's Lane, Sullivan Street or Clifford Park? What about those historical figures whose names are not remembered on…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… and opened small businesses up and down Main Street. Their businesses included restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops…"

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

"… Bradbury Bridge and the French blocked the Main Street Bridge; both groups were well-armed and ready to chase the scoundrels back to Saco at any…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… former Pavilion Congregational Church at 270 Main Street and dedicated the McArthur Library in October of 1902."

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

"… off the Farm have been employed in labor upon the streets, blasting stone, preparing them for use, and in removing loom from the gravel pit and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The quarry on South Street was opened to supply stone for the Western Division Railroad built in 1872."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"It remained in the bank until it was acquired by the City of Presque Isle. It can be seen on the third floor of City Hall on Second Street."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… jewelry was located on the first floor and the Bank of Cumberland on the upper two stories. To the right was the printing establishment of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in Portland (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865Thomaston Historical Society The Thomaston Bank was established in 1825 at the Lower Corner on the…"