Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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

"The Jonathan Fisher House . The Fisher House seeks to perpetuate the memory, spirit, works and teachings of the Reverend Jonathan Fisher, the first…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… People, Creative Arts, and Devotion to Community By members of the Blue Hill Historical Society, Blue Hill Public Library and the Jonathan Fisher…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"There were even measuring parties where the community got together and measured the height of the children in a traditional manner."

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

"… said they were: "desirous of forming a new community, perhaps an ideal one; so they came to Maine, there being no Great West then to go to."

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

"But some also cite the largess of the summer community that supported local institutions: hospital, library, churches and schools."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Project Overview In June of 2008, the community partnership of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library, the Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a city in 1847. It was also the place to store files but people thought that it wasn't a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The library is funded by member communities including Bath, West Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woolwich, and Phippsburg."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… was a very successful man, yet he only built one house, sometimes also called the "mansion house." Although George Stevens had no children of his…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"And, the Customs House, originally built in 1858, was expanded toward the river in 1911, doubling its floor space while retaining its architectural…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Personal interviews with members of the community: Mike Astbury Westy Brownlow Jerry Butler Jeannette Candage Linwood Carter Ron Conterio Gayle…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Music has always been a big part of what this community uses to express itself. When you visit Blue Hill, you can see, hear, and feel the soul of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"While writing about his life and his community was important to Martin, so were his visual recordings and imaginings."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… has always been trademarked for its cultural, community, and local importance, while Centre Street has long been the main route for people to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… that 873 people were assisted either on or off the farm, and a second house had to be procured to house all the destitute people in the city."

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

"… “It is true that there is a skeleton in every house, it may also be true that there is one in every heart; and God help and tenderly pity them who…"

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

"… assisted either on or off the farm, and a second house had to be procured to house all the destitute people in the city."

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

"… available to them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows, oratories, chorales and…"

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

"Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well as sawdust, which would have been available in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"Most of the surviving information comes from the District of Saco custom house. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE..."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… discussions of his own life and experiences, the communities in which he lived in Ellsworth, Hampden, and Bangor, and the general activities and…"