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Norcross Heritage Trust

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Historic Hallowell - Learn how you can help! Contact Us

"… Hallowell Info Phone, a service of Vallee Real Estate and the Hallowell Area Board of Trade, by calling 207-620-7477."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"… to these early dwellings was Montpelier, the estate built for General Henry Knox by Boston housewright Ebenezer Dunton in 1795."

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"It quickly swept through 67 summer estates, five large hotels and 170 year-round homes. It surrounded the village, cutting off all roads."

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

"… proposed railway running through the General Knox Estate. Although many residents tried to save Montpelier, in the end it was demolished to make…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… is attested to by the account submitted to Knox’s estate by Sarah Dunton, a local milliner (incidentally, the wife of Ebenezer Dunton, the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… became a public street when portions of the Knox estate were sold to private developers. James Overlock (1813-1906) came to Thomaston from…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… of Northeast Harbor for the sum of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South between them."

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"When the current owners bought it the real estate ad said: “Ideal location to pasture a horse, raise your children or just enjoy living in the…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"She left much of her estate to her granddaughters set up in trust for them until they reached 28 years old."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"City of Bath Real Estate Assessment Records: 1830-1930. Other Resources Used Photographic Collections: Patten Free Library (PFL) and Bath Historical…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… in the Saco Water Power Company as well, the real estate and machinery arm of the venture. These men & their companies would start and operate the…"

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Brick Store Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… returned to Montpelier, their Virginia country estate, where James Madison died in 1836. The following year Dolly Madison returned to Washington to…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"… granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the daughter of real estate developer Charles Q. Clapp, and the wife of tobacco merchant John B. Carroll."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… and later took control of his father's real estate. Josiah lost a hand in an explosion while supervising the blasting of a passage through the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"He soon became estate superintendent, as well as an important part of the Rockefeller family. Donald found himself doing things such as overseeing…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"In 1887, Moses’ Estate formed the Sagadahoc Real Estate Association. Oliver’s son Galen C. Moses purchased the building in 1896, and owned it for…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… sold to the Burleigh heirs by the Samuel Hersey Estate for $395.80. In 1881 a few families moved north from New Sweden and founded Stockholm…"