Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"Then it was “discovered” by colonial settlers, who were so taken with the attractions of the place that they adopted it as their own."

Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The approach to the library will be between two venerable elm trees that have stood there since the early Colonial days." Contractor F."

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"1910Jesup Memorial Library The Bar Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the First World War."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… to the Marquis, or as an early example of the colonial revival movement. Dress worn at English court, ca."

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the Western side of the island, including Northeast Harbor and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces. The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was expanding) that several families from Concord, Massachusetts established a permanent…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… 22, 1955, Miss Stone was acknowledged by the Colonial Daughters Chapter of the Daughters of America as a ‘true pioneer of education.’ In June of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Fluckers abandoned their holdings in the American colonies and eventually returned to England, leaving Lucy the sole member of the family on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… years, John Alden and others from the Plymouth Colony visited this trading post, perhaps explaining the later arrival of southern New England…"

Old York Historical Society

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Prince Memorial Library

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Residents of the Boston colony quickly sought permission to settle the area as hostilities ended. Joseph Wood and John Roundy added their names in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… contributed the exhibits on Blue Hill's summer colony, its history as a center of music education and performance, and its history as a town that…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… opponent of the extension of slavery in the colonies. Rufus King relocated to New York City two years after his 1786 marriage to Mary Alsop…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Two other villages successfully developed summer colonies -- Northeast and Seal harbors. In 1869 the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old…"