Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"Collection names are styled after the firm's proper name, or as they appear in the contributing repository's catalogue."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Kimball of Portland. The firm of Kimball and Coombs lasted only a year. In July 1875, George M. Coombs joined the experienced Lewiston architect and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… at left) for database-represented architects and firms. The biographies are largely authored by Maine State Historian Earle G."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… the young architect opened a branch office of the firm in Boston to oversee the construction of the Hotel Pemberton at Nantasket Beach."

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"Additional firms were added to the database overtime, most notably Lewiston-based Coombs Firm, ultimately growing to about 6,400 commissions by the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… career, working days for the New York firm of Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith and attending Columbia at night."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… of New York for a project in which the Stevens firm served as associate architects. A contemporary of John Calvin Stevens, George M."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… predominantly representing Maine architects and firms in Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor, the database includes a wide selection of drawings for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Harvard in 1941, Tarbell worked for engineering firms in Boston and Bangor before opening his office in Bangor in 1944."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… at the Maine Historical Society were preserved by the successor firms of Miller and Mayo; Miller, Mayo, and Beal; and Beal, DePeter, and Ward."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… John Calvin Stevens, who joined the Fassett firm upon completing Portland High School in 1873. Fassett trained both young men as draftsmen."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"By 1914 Thomas had joined the firm of Wait and Copeland in Boston. Proposed Nordica Memorial Museum by John P. Thomas, ca."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Lost Gardens of Eden “Paradise Lost, Paradise Found: the landscape of Mount Desert Island” by Patrick Chassé."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"Search the Database The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database organizes and searches for items at the commission (project) level."

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"By holding contracts to produce replacement sails, the firm enjoyed a steady supply of orders. Sail damage was guaranteed in the horrendous storms in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy, of Boston, was hired to assess a suitable location for a new, larger water reservoir to meet the growing…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"As a new business venture, the firm currently produces solar-powered generators designed for, among other things, disaster relief, a project based on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… lacy, bloused or pouched bodices, with smooth firmly corseted back thrust hips ("S" bend style), and trained skirts with a flare around the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"The American broad silk industry became firmly established during the 1880s. By the 1890s a profusion of colored, affordable (but not cheap)…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society Although Crimplene and other firm knit fabrics were was extensively used for mini dresses, there are no examples in this…"