Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… administration, Bath received $10,000 from the government, $4,000 of which went toward building the Old City Hall."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… were often the site of city, state, or federal government events. For example, in 1889, the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison visited Bath to tour…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"He filled different roles in Bath's government when Bath was incorporated as a city in 1847. The City Hall earlier provided a home for many of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… mayor, he served in both branches of the city's government. 1809 Deed, Asa Palmer to Mercy Ledyard, BathPatten Free Library X Alfred D."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… county by enforcing laws, conducting trials, and recording wills and deeds. These functions are separate from those of the Bath City government."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… homes and businesses, and creating local governments, was disrupted in the third quarter of the seventeenth century by a series of conflicts with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"The Bath Bank building, the first brick building in downtown Bath, was built in 1810 with large columns facing Centre Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"The Academy building is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture, with a triangular pediment, entablature and columned portico."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Block Merchants' Row Old Town Hall and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"The buildings are three-story, brick structures with flat roofs. This block was built on the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The building was purchased from SREA by Ken Young. As of 2009, Stephen Elie owned the building, according to Bath Tax Records."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"The Greek Revival buildings on Merchants' Row were actually quite simple except for these few architectural details."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"The date is on the front of the 3 1/2 story building. The Bath Savings Institution building was first built in an Italianate style."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… Library When John Calvin Stevens built the new buildings he made them commercial buildings as the owners requested."

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Robert Low Jr. sent a paper to the government to see if they could get a warrant to have Guilford be on a map and have it be a legal town."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The original building was built in 1863. It has a wooden bay window that was added in 1909, and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… freight business from 1959 until 1971 when the building was changed into a dental clinic for the poor, the Jessie Albert Memorial Dental Clinic."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"It was given a false front to make the building look bigger. The theatre changed its name in 1919 to the Liberty Theatre, to honor the end of World…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Free Library There have been many different buildings, businesses, and people to pass through the intersection of Centre and Washington Streets in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… photographs and postcards to see what those buildings, or people associated with the buildings, looked like."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"There is a long history of the library's building which includes two significant expansions. The construction of the library began in 1889; it was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… the rest of America, the effects of World War II governed much of life in Bangor during the 1940s. Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… was built in 1882, and was also a largely popular building in Bath. Now the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot."

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

"Local government had been organized to conduct the affairs of the colony even before New Sweden became a plantation."