Maine Memory Network

Westbrook Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park…"

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

"Later, in 1953, nobody at Garland Street would have guessed that Billy Cohen, now a seventh grader, would be the future Secretary of Defense under…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… 21, 1938, a hurricane with heavy rains and high winds caused considerable damage on Granite street."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"North New Portland High, primary school, grammar school and the Green Schoolhouse are all names used for the building."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… town to help shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high school boys assisted 100 men. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"This field was located behind the High School on High Street. The Model School Model School Teacher: Miss Johnson First Row Student: Cecil…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… purchased the lot on the northeast corner of High Street and Court Street and built the North Church in 1973."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Hallowell has high-quality, fine grained granite close to the river. Outcroppings like those of Hain’s Ledge Quarry just a couple miles west of town…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"In the 1930s the line was expanded to include crafts and novelty items. The Carr O’Brien brick building on the opposite corner of Wadsworth Street…"

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"The Children’s Hospital opened in 1898 on High Street. Six years later, on Woodfords Street, St. Barnabas Hospital was founded to treat patients with…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… feet on Second Street, rose five stories high, stretched one-hundred and twenty-three feet--forty-seven feet of the main building and a two-story…"

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… social-studies students at Mattanawcook Junior High School in Lincoln. The students spent hours researching their respective topics and compiling…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… wood Pile 20 feet long 10 feet wide 7 feet high with row of Sweet Peas." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck thorn hedge I observed the building I have given on Page 75 and the more I viewed it…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… Portland community, through compassionate and high-quality healthcare. Over the years, Mercy has faced many challenges; a growing and changing…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… and more accomplished finish carpenters were in high demand. A captain’s cabin was as finely finished and detailed as his house."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… contact: Diane DuBois, Library Director 30 High Street, Caribou 207-493-4214 ddubois@caribou-public.lib.me.us Be sure to visit the library's…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… Department moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Bethel Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… was “Deeds, Not Words.” That year, the first high school students graduated from Strong High School."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on 68 High Street. Skahan also transformed the addiction and support programs available to women at the…"