Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, tables & fireplace, 1924

"Lincoln Memorial Library, tables & fireplace, 1924 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Memorial Library…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces. They didn’t use oil, so basically everything was run off of coal or…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"It started in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove, and the watchman was absent. After the fire, students were moved to the Annex…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"It contained seventy rooms, each of which had a fireplace. Worster House card, Hallowell, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Since 1832, this…"

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"The wood and wainscoting are original as are the fireplaces. Lakewood is truly a unique treasure that we should always value for its entertainment…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and has 14 acres surrounding it. When the current owners bought it the real estate ad…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… Fire Department In the early years of settlement fireplaces were the common means to heat homes and businesses."

Lithgow Public Library

"Grand fireplaces on the east and west walls face each other. Stained glass windows depict printers’ marks from the 15th and 16th centuries, as well…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… guests lounged in leather chairs around the large fireplace in the lobby as chauffeurs lined up in the circular driveway to deposit their well…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Nails and part of a fireplace screen were recovered from the ashes. Fireplace HardwareFarmington Historical Society The influence of the…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… was constructed of logs and featured an open fireplace that was said to be used by the children to warm their corn cakes and potatoes for lunch."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be seen for many years until it was purchased and built into the chimney of a cottage at Prouts…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… proportion of the fuel, which was used in an open fireplace that burned half a cord a day. The ferule and birch were often made use of, and at…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… a dining room, poolroom, bowling alley, and a fireplace. Each member carried his own key, but had to know the secret password, “Tombstone Thompson”…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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