Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Register Historic Districts and a local historic district that encompass the central business district and residential areas of Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… County Communication Center, County Treasurer, District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Register of Probate, and the Sheriff's Department."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"The City then applied to the National Park Service for recognition of a 205 acre parcel as a National Historic District."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… opportunities although mostly away from the downtown area. Main Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered on the National Register of Historic Places."

Portland Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Georges Valley High School is located in downtown Thomaston and serves children from the MSAD 50 district (comprising Cushing, Thomaston and St."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"While Guilford’s downtown district was in upheaval from business closures and removals to other sites, a million dollar renovation occurred at our…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… While onlookers flooded into the destroyed downtown to see the devastation, Bangor residents immediately began plans to rebuild the burned…"

Maine Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… wiped out about twenty-five percent of Lincoln's downtown business district." The first fire "destroyed two buildings and displaced four…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Farmington Town Map, 1794 Farmington Downtown Map, circa 1860 Farmington Topographical Map, 1924 Abbott Park Original Design Map "Paths" in Google…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Change, though, was in the offing. View of Downtown Bangor from City Hall Tower, ca. 1870Bangor Public Library At this same time, Bangor saw…"

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive. Farmington became a busy hub for noted doctors and attorneys."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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