Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of “urban renewal” left the city’s 19th-century architectural integrity largely intact, a number of major businesses left town for greener pastures."

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

"Without these few businesses, Bath would not be as great of a place as it is today. When the businesses were brought into the new block, most of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… had to keep their eyes open for different architectural styles, angels, a skull and crossbones, billboards, and many other unique aspects of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"He contributed to many other architectural endeavors in the city of Bath and designed the Lincoln Block building."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… located at 33 Summer Street in Bath, Maine, is architecturally unique. It was designed by architect George Harding, in a Richarsonian Romanesque…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"… fire in 1915 that destroyed the hotel and two business blocks on the south side of Main Street. The Knox Hotel was rebuilt shortly after the fire."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"… on the river and had a very successful shipping business for several years. He carried on a successful trade in a store on the site of the Prison…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… son-in-law, William Campbell, complemented the business by establishing a sailmaking business in the Carr O’Brien Block, a building built by…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… the cotton export trade and, as a result of close business associations, many Thomaston residents had friends and family in the South and were torn…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… at the end of Wadsworth Street, was a thriving business center. The wharf existed as early as 1792, and was known either as Knox’s wharf, or Vose’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… Patrick Keegan continued to carry on extensive business in English and West India goods. The Honorable William King of Bath, who owned the Knox…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"As a new business venture, the firm currently produces solar-powered generators designed for, among other things, disaster relief, a project based on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Thomaston’s Captain Samuel Watts and business entrepreneur Edward O’Brien both ran successful shipyards."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… Dunn & Elliot (D&E), established a sailmaking business, making sails for the major shipbuilding firm of Chapman and Flint on the Georges River."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… Daily, Knox kept rough entries of his various business dealings in wastebooks, ledgers that contained rough accountings of his business dealings."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… and shoemaker, then branching out into several businesses. He is one of Thomaston’s earliest shipbuilders, credited with building at least two…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"In addition to lime burning, Knox busied several local men with associated industries such as cutting wood for the kilns, or making hoop poles for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… Eaton, Knox “went largely into the brickmaking business, near the water below the upper wharf” and his wastebook clearly demonstrates that Boston…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Warren and established a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street. Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… Lawrence Portland Cement Company took over the business, and within a year began the construction of a new lime plant and office building."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"He had left his Thomaston lime business and farm property in the hands of Captain Ballard Green and Peter H."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it…"

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

"Thomaston Banks were kept in business only through the generosity and connections of millionaire Edward O’Brien, president of the George’s Bank."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it…"