Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist Church razed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… and his brother William built and owned many blocks and buildings in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Hill, who brought the sport back from Cornell University. Walter Murtaugh was a very important member of the Alameda's Roller Polo team; he was a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… expanded, with 4 core courses, and 3 other blocks to fill with electives and study halls. Now, as standards have been raised, everybody does some…"

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

"… Stinchfield and Longfellow quarries on Lithgow Hill (known today as Granite Hill) to the Cutting Sheds was a challenge."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… cottages, Day Hill, Richards Avenue, Wills Block, Packard Block, to name a few. Ridlonville was a good place to live and raise children."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… to sink the Axis!" Protecting Our Community Block Warden ArmbandBangor Historical Society After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Block Wardens…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Notable extant examples of his work in Portland include the West Mansion on the Western Promenade (1911), the Emerson School on Munjoy Hill…"

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

"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Historical Society Once these building blocks were put in place, the Village’s southern and western borders were assured that they would join…"

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

"The Kimball block housed Harrison Kimball’s grocery store. Reminiscing about the village in 1901, Emily Phillips Reynolds said that the store was “a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… was perched only on granite cornerstones and blocks had no central heat, just a large cook stove with copper hot water tank in the kitchen."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… caught soon after, being situated next to the Block and was soon a mass of ruins. Plaisted Tannery Fire, Lincoln, 1899Lincoln Historical…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"9 team upsetting the No. 1 team. Jessica Block of the News Staff reported that (BDN 7 Mar, 05), “The win was likely the biggest upset in the Eastern…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The granite provided the building blocks for early homes that still stand today. According to The History of the State of Maine by William D."

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

"… of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before electricity."

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

"… was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block (Kennison's Drugstore). This building that was built by Dennis was later taken down."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… held classes on the second floor of Beale's block on Broadway until their new building could be finished."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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