Maine Memory Network

Davistown Museum

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Maine Conservation Corps

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… materials for the new depot.) July 14, 1870: The building of the railroad bridge at this place is progressing finely."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… can be seen in the back, attached to the front building.Farmington Historical Society In 1859, Franklin County exported $92,000 worth of apples…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"They were kept busy learning lines, building sets, sewing costumes and creating lighting. Many actors gained the performance experience they needed…"

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

"O.W. Chase died the building was left to the New Portland Lion's Club. New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a…"

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

"… cost the parts of the Island less desirable for building purposes. To these they could add from time to time such of the more desirable lots as…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"But within a few years, new buildings sprang up on the foundations of the old, though this time they were hotels and motels and small inns, built in…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Lewiston Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society, Farmington Public Library, and Maine Historical Society 1794 map of FarmingtonFarmington Historical Society "Farmington is undoubtly…"

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

"… River) searching for land suitable to build homes for their families. Samuel chose an intervale in Embden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… In 1900 when the YMCA opened in Bar Harbor (in a building that is now the site of the Abbe Museum) the organization introduced basketball, a new…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings on Wheels Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… boat builders had to use fresh, or green, wood to build them. The wood was still wet so the planks on the bottom of the bateaux didn't stay…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… caskets were kept in the back room and under the building, with access through a trap door in the floor."

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

"… Harbor (which Charles encouraged his father to build), apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Bonsey Images contributed by the Surry Historical Society and the Maine Historical Society First, unbroken, primeval forest, stretching back from the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(photo taken in 2020) X Located on High Street, this building has been a rather prominent structure in town."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… as 'the slucieway,' provided a prime spot to build mills and factories. The sluiceway can no longer be seen today because of dams that caused the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Station added to National Register of Historic Buildings 1991 • McCurdy’s Smokehouse closes 1995 • Lubec Marina constructed, after a series of…"