Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"… in Hallowell’s history were the Fuller Foundry, several ice houses, and the Kennebec Wire Company. Click on the links to find more information."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Many houses on the island have private collections of these artifacts, though little is known of their original owners."

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"A Bay State Exodus Peter Clark, Jr. House, Gows Lane, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Liberty Men and Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… Home Written by Gerry Mahoney Powder House Hill, Hallowell, 1938Hubbard Free Library The history of Hallowell is one that is linked to the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… 1801 because citizens didn’t want to lose their houses from fire. One of the first firefighters in Hallowell was Dr."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the rear, according to the fashion of the times; and ever…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Moore's Ice House HallowellHubbard Free Library "It was a terrible job. Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Lastly, in 1979, it became a house for the elderly and remains that to this day. Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library In…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"The trees, cars, houses and body’s of water covered with ice. Below freezing, people gathered to friends houses or the shelters that were provided…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power. It was beautiful and wonderful in a dangerous way."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… and plumbing and heating changed in island houses. There was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July prank of tipping over outhouses…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… settler who would come, bring his family, build a house and cultivate the land. In turn, the settlers had to agree to stay seven years."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Ice Storm '98 Written by Amber Bell Houses were covered in ice Freezing rain falls and falls again The storm continues Everything is frozen Trees…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"The tavern no longer exists and many of the houses have been razed in the past ten years, but the name clings to the section and probably will for…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… he will still see the handsome, spacious houses of the early settlers of old Hallowell, with their ever hospitable doors still open to the guest…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"Mr. Page’s Ice House was also located on the waterfront for easy access to ice. When the railroad was built, the waterfront was used less."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… Law"-An Act for the Suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops-the state's first prohibition law. His son, Gen. Thomas H."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"… that the carbon monoxide would not get into the house. Overall they had a very good time getting closer."

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"There have been no deaths, and the general health of the inmates has been good. Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell ~ Thomas Bond House."

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… with water, and lug them back up to the burning house to douse the fire. After the buckets came the invention of the hand pumper."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… in Hallowell? Johnny Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill where he earned his living by making and rebottoming chairs, and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and beams. The house was Victorian influenced and was one-and-a-half stories tall…"