Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… on the first floor, a handsome reception hall, a library, and a parlor or dining room. The second floor has six roomy chambers so arranged as to be…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Thomas S. Libby grew up on a farm, got an education, worked to assist the town, had a family, and died for his country."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… of births, deaths and marriages held in the Town Hall vault. Phebe's Hymnal Zoom in on right page.Surry Historical Society Phebe’s second…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"The Coolidges, Halls, Lelands, Kings, Wheelwrights and Townsends were among the families living there."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… Company also had its own store and the Veneer Hall, which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… company also had its own store called the Veneer Hall which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… of veterans sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… at school houses, but soon moved to Pinkham’s Hall as a more worthy place to hold them. Finally in September 1902, the work of a church building…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Ansley Hall, a fellow investigator, provided a wonderful description of the skilled work: “The cutter takes several fish in the left hand at once…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"In May of 2013 he was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. William graduated from Bowdoin College in 1962, and then went on to the Boston…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… courts, a beautiful gymnasium, and a new assembly hall with a stage for putting on plays and other events."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… and women not now with us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916 CentennialGuilford Historical Society The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966 Modern History…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall on Central Street was completed in 1855 to meet the needs of Bangor's growing community and its demand for more business space and for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Library Arthur Gilpatrick owned a recreation hall with a bowling alley, pool tables and a snack bar."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… could seat up to sixty people in its dining hall and communal meals were commonplace. The homestead offered its guests fresh produce and dairy…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Gary Gordon Memorial in front of the Masonic Hall/Town Office X Gary Gordon is a well-known man in his hometown of Lincoln, Maine."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… dining room in the basement, theater and dance hall on the ground floor, balcony and dressing rooms on the second floor, and the IOOF Lodge on the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… as many pictures as I could of churches, and City Hall, and the Fire Station. I thought those would be fun to look back on."