Keywords: Cottage Street
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Site Pages
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers
"… luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.” By 1890, the cottage-building boom had transformed Bar Harbor."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867
"James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The James Emery home in…"
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"Located at 4 Academy Street in Farmington. The woman in the photograph is Lydia Abbott Titcomb. View additional information about this item on the…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources
"Henry Hatch Family, 1991. Summer Cottages: 1890-1930, Earl G. Shettleworth Jr. Published by the Islesboro Historical Society, 1989."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… consisted of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small cottages, a lumber mill, a brickyard, and a coal, as well as several small stores."
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Camden-Rockport Historical Society
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns
"… including Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and most…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"… his two cottages into a hotel extending from Cottage Street half way to the town green. By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville
"Ridlonville was a good place to live and raise children. Children were safe to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the…"
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner
"… the Androscoggin River to just below the Goodwin Cottages. John Kidder, Virgil Haines, William Hall, and Orville P."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates
"… Street and eventually moved to a building on Cottage Street called the Casino. Gilman High played in Neighborhood House."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4
"… the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were built along the shore. In 1913, Josiah Newton Davidson, a Pittsburgh banker and…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers
"After Peggy died, Pine Tree Cottage eventually came to the Farmington Historical Society. The members of the Historical Society took great care to…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… he erected the building that still stands on Cottage Street today. Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4
"… bought clams from diggers, but they developed a cottage industry. Residents were hired to cut clams and paid by the gallon of meat produced."
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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3
"… has its own specific name: the Rose Room, the Cottage Room, the Hudson Room, the Cummings Suite, the Garden Room, and the Highland Room--all…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School
"… across the street from Few Acres, and built a cottage there, where he continued his writing. Jacob II was the author of over 100 children’s books –…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… of a shipmaster shingling the roof of a summer cottage for his livelihood and there was something sadder in the knowledge that the owners knew…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… across the street from Few Acres, and built a cottage there, where he continued his writing. After the death of his wife, Jacob moved to New York…"