Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"It allowed people to stay a while in Lincoln to try to get to know the complete Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"One of these grants became known as the Waldo Patent, which comprised approximately 1000 acres. It included the whole of Knox County (except for Fox…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House, locally considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of…"

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

"In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses, such as the J.L. Douglas clothing store, and John O."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Gooden Grant Ann Raynes Solomon Raynes Barker Emery Washingtonian Society Angeline B. Snow Reuben S. Grant Mr."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"This request was granted and in the 1974 town report lists five Directors of Maine School Administration District No."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"This block was built on the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall, which burned in 1893."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… home was moved to Vine Street where it became a hotel. The primary purpose of the Customs House in 1858 was to house the Collector of Customs for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… to house the library, and in 2003 we received grants from the Rural Development and a Community Development Block grant for that purpose."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Grant, stayed in the Lincoln House Hotel. As far as we know, no notable people have visited or made an impact on the Masonic Hall."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The Penobscot House was a hotel located in Lincoln Center and was a stopping point for people traveling on the steamboat."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The stable and shed and the hotel was a total loss. With the high winds and lack of firefighting equipment it was a miracle that more of the business…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went. On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1859, Presque Isle grew large enough to support a hotel, a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Business flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Newspaper) The Willows The Willows Hotel, Farmington, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Perhaps higher education for girls was less…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Hotels and restaurants would host the volumes of tourists passing through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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