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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell
"… of his work, the Eastern Corporation Guest House (1946) in Brewer and the Merchants National Bank (1974) in Bangor."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"He built the first framed house in town now owned by Richard and Lisa Emery. The house has been remodeled but still contains the original timbers."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World
"… masts for ships, lobster traps, and lumber for houses. The workers were the lumberjacks who would work for months clearing acres of heavily…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"Another item related to sawmills is that of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before…"
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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2
"… autographed pictures of Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley are currently housed at the Guilford Historical Society Museum. EXHIBITS HOME"
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3
"… coal and gravel, packing the boiler room and dye house to a depth of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and…"
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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5
"The new hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be…"
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"… Maine’s Visible Black History, 2006, Tilbury House, Gardiner, Maine. Riis, Jacob, How The Other Half Lives, 1997, Penguin Books, New York."
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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966
"A new fire house and elementary school were built. Switcher Engine #22, Guilford, ca. 1963Guilford Historical Society In 1958, the B & A…"
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"He served as Manager of the Jordan Pond House, a Trustee of the Northeast Harbor Public Library, the Acadia Corporation, the Union Church, and other…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott
"… where his brother Samuel had turned Jacob’s house into the Abbot School, so Jacob took up residence in his father’s home until his death in 1879…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox
"1860Maine Historical Society Much has been written about Major General Henry Knox and his involvement in the American Revolution, from 1775 – 1783."
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3
"House of Representatives. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1854, he gained a national reputation for his opposition to slavery and his expertise in…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"The school was in the Ludger Matthieu house across the street from the church on Quebec Street. The house was renovated, and three Sisters of Mercy…"
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
"Surry Opera Company & Leningrad Amateur Opera Company, Camden, 1989Surry Historical Society The SOC at times consisted of 100 people, as diverse a…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… Maine Hymnals of Phoebe Fowler (found in house attic in 1984) Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth 1890 Maine Census Index of Civil War Veterans…"
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Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"… as colorful as the players themselves; like the House of David team with all the players sporting long dark beards and uniforms, and the Colored…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"Jeremy Porter's house was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located today. That home later became the Hotel Strong."
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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote
"… days later the bill passed on the floor of the House, 193-59.[29] Finally, after three decades of planning, organizing, lobbying and failure…"