Maine Memory Network

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

"The building at various times housed a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… just a holding cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK meetings were held…"

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

"they used it for many things. It was a movie theater, basketball court, jail, town office, general store, pool hall, barber shop, and a bowling alley."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater, rallying patriotic fervor with World War I artwork, or inventing new technology to keep a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work. Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."

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

"Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926McArthur Public Library Besides modern conveniences and entertainments, the city was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Though short-lived, that British colony marked the beginning of more permanent settlement along the western side of the river in what became known as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and traveling theater companies were visiting the village. Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… years, the community has had notable bands, movie theaters, and venues for live performances. In the 1800s, however, it was better known for its…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Over the course of a few short years, numerous theaters were built and cultural organizations to advance the arts such as the Bangor Symphony…"