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Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area."

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

"It was finished in 1838 and demolished in 1936. By 1937 the W.T. Grant building was finished at the same location, 33 Centre Street."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002

"The old prison was demolished in April of that year, leaving a wide empty grassy field and the southeast corner of the former prison wall remaining."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"The remnants of the building were not demolished until September of 1930 in getting ready for the construction of a new hotel, the Northeastland, on…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"… January 1994, after 108 years, the building was demolished for parking a parking lot for the Northeastland Hotel. Sources: Clark, Marilyn, Wm."

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

"… tried to save Montpelier, in the end it was demolished to make way for progress. Montpelier, Thomaston, 1870 The General Henry Knox Museum By…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"Cunningham was no longer used and was demolished in March 2007. The site has been sold and is now a residential housing development."

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a new car wash was constructed and the 16 units demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new apartments."

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Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The roof of Grover's grocery store was demolished and the roof of the Lowell, Simmons and Stearn's stable was crushed in."

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"I would hope that in any situation where a school was being demolished in Lincoln that the Lincoln Historical Society would get ownership because I…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… but, a few years later, the town decided to demolish the building to make way for a senior housing complex."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… only the chimney left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… only the chimney left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant."

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… House Hotel was built in the 1820s, but it was demolished on March 9th, 1958. It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages."

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Lincoln Historical Society

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Oakfield Historical Society

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… is known to have painted similar murals in a now demolished church in Mayville, near Bethel. Other 20th century Rumford artists are Oscar and Laura…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"In the end, the building was demolished but the memory of the Star Theater lives on through Pearl Wescott's 4-manual organ, which was donated to the…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Some were demolished; others were used for other purposes in the community. Hugh J. Chisholm was instrumental in encouraging and helping to fund the…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"It was demolished and washed away by the deluge that followed. Suspension bridge, StrongStrong Historical Society Mr."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… building would no longer be needed (1962) and was demolished by a local contractor. Abbott School Completion Certificate, 1925Farmington…"

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… reported, “and the buildings are being removed or demolished...the war situation being responsible for the decision.” The closing of Riverside Park…"