Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"It was at this time that Hampden Academy came very close to securing the educational services of J.P."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden Academy, incorporated in 1803 was the first school of advanced learning in the area. It also served as the Bangor Theological Seminary until…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"Since the 1990s drivers on Route 1A entering Hampden have been welcomed by signs depicting Dorothea Dix and Hannibal Hamlin."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden Academy, incorporated in 1803, was the first school of advanced learning in the area. It also served as the Bangor Theological Seminary until…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"How very apt is the motto used by Hampden Academy which came from John Hampden’s home county of Buck’s which is “Vestigia nulla retrorsum”—No…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Then came the Hampden Academy Girls Varsity team. Compiling an impressive record of 14-2 during the regular season, the team went into the playoffs…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… held a heated and confused meeting at the Hampden Academy building. In the end General Blake was allowed to make the decision to defend the town…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"Hampden Town House, 1849 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin of Bangor drew and…"

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

"… & Billings lines Sheriff Wingate Carr Fire at old Hampden Academy George H. Starbird Temperance Seth Merrill Tavern & Hall Thomas Greenhalgh…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… group issued a report announcing the selection of Hampden Academy in the east, and Farmington Academy in the west as the locations of the State's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… moved several times to locations in Brewer and Hampden, and finally to Bangor. Martin, like most youths of his era, attended school for sessions…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Stephen taught English at Hampden Academy from 1971 to 1973. He is currently 70 years old and living in Bangor at 47 West Broadway."