Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"He then attended Harvard’s School of Architecture, leaving in 1936 to work in New York City on WPA mural projects with such noted artists as Stuart…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House Mr. Teague Dancing School William Henry Harrison, Whigs Boman Holman singing school"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Biographies This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"Database Collections Below is a listing of collections currently represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in December 1871…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… splendid feature in the procession was the boys schools being each school in seperate companies with a regular set of captains Lieut sargents &c…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 47-90

"… includes information about John Martin's Dancing School that was held at the Hampden Town Hall, and dances at Temperance Hall and Dolan Hall in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 72-120

"… wrote about their son Junior, dances and dance schools, the final days of Katahdin Charcoal Iron Co., and his fruit trees."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 133-end

"… includes another Constitution of the "Scientific School," dated 1860. He also information about or profiles and images of: Leighton George Yeaton…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… 1868 John Martin: "Terpsichorian of the Old School" John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868Maine Historical Society In March 1889, when he was 66…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… and dance enthusiast, conducted a dancing school in the building in 1849 and drew the illustration in a journal about his life and activities that…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… their battles were at the entrance to the high school. About 800 soldiers marched in formation to Abbot Square."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… he found him work on a farm and a chance to go to school. The illustrations, on page 596 of the Martin's "Journal" that he wrote and illustrated…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The original drawings for the school (now in the possession of the Farmington Historical Society) were prepared by Leonard Atwood, who later became…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Wiggin Nathaniel Harlow Elizabeth Blowers Mr. Spanford Singing School Plan of north end of Bangor"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… various buildings, interiors of businesses and schools, gardens, neighborhoods, his inventions, fashions, his children, his interest in dance, and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… 3, pages 72-120 Annie Martin Snow death, dance school, Katahdin Charcoal Iron finances and closing, Martin fruit trees   Part 4, pages 121-end…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"Martin, like most youths of his era, attended school for sessions that lasted about 12 weeks. Sometimes, students attended more than one session a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"Part 1, pages 000-26 Martin begin his Scrap & Sketch Book with information about the Bangor House and Franklin House, and his theme throughout much…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"Part 7, pages 114-134   Part 7, pages 114-134 Martin began this section by writing and illustrating what he calls his "Chapter on Soldiers" in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Intro: pages 84-107   Part 5, pages 84-107 John Martin begins this section with newspaper clippings concerning how much Republican states…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Part 8, pages 135-150 The final section of the Scrap & Sketch Book is primarily about the criminal activity in Bangor, the results of court…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Inventions & Creations

"… Illustrations: Inventions & Creations"