Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"The Lincoln House Hotel was built in the 1820s, but it was demolished on March 9th, 1958. It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner lot of Main and Burton St., next is the Masonic Hall where the Town…"

Lincoln, Maine - South Lincoln schoolhouse, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"About 1878 a new school house was built about five hundred feet below the site of the first one. In 1896 it was decided to move this building into a…"

Lincoln, Maine - New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 - Page 1 of 2

"… in Lincoln in 1964 showing the old stock house for storing paper in background. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Lincoln, Maine - View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"There is only one house showing on Taylor Street. It was built by Dr. Edwin Stanley Taylor and is still there today. Hence the name Taylor Street."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"The Corro House is one of the oldest houses in town, located on West Broadway, next to Region III. The newest president is Jeannette King."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"One is, Solomon’s Store and the House of Crafts and Flowers were located in the same place on Main Street."

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"Left of the tracks, the white house with the big set of barns is what is now the Lincoln Historical Society Museum."

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

"“After all, the Corro house is one of the most historic buildings in town.” The town had purchased the Corro house with plans to expand the library…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"We know this house today as the Corro House, located on West Broadway where the Lincoln Historical Society is."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"Such houses were Joseph Corro's and Joseph Michaud’s houses. Monthly services were established at homes and reverends traveled far distances, even…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby’s house on Transalpine Road. The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… didn’t exist back then people couldn’t build houses, and there would be no jobs, they would have to build houses from hand and they would have to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Once, when a house caught fire in Lincoln, the train was used to transport a fire truck. The building burned, but the people were amazed at the speed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"The library was located in houses and stores for 46 years before the brick building was built. The actual building was started from a $7,000 donation…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… built the first construction which was the first house and first store in Lincoln. Eleven years later, in 1835, he left Lincoln and went to New…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The Penobscot House was built in 1847 to hold steamboat passengers. The Penobscot House was a hotel located in Lincoln Center and was a stopping…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"They soon built a house on Mattanawcook Island, which is on the Penobscot River, near where the mill is today."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… they still had money coming in to pay for their house, their crops, and feeding their animals. Ben also had sheep and cattle."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… hospital was actually in the upstairs part of a house on Lee Street. It only had two beds, so people that needed surgery had to get it done on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Keith jogged back to the house and packed his things in his shabby, green suitcase. He kissed his mother, left the house, and got in the car."