Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… the Municipal Building; The Strathglass Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park. All of these buildings are works of art in themselves."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Jonas T. Severy ran the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a white horse at $1/ticket. It was said that a hot time in the old town was had…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… built the first Asticou Inn in 1883 (a 40-room hotel with only one bathroom, which was located approximately where the current Asticou Inn is…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… performers often boarded at private homes or area hotels, which provided a boost to the local economy."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M. Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas. Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Holt’s store became a hotel. Orin Clay opened a public house named the Copper and Gold Exchange The U.S."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… for the large tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… they were serenaded back to their state-run hotel where Soviet citizens were not allowed to join them in their rooms."

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

"… of the Iron Company and the Silver Lake Hotel, and wrote descriptions of the business, employees, and conditions of iron production."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"No hotels. No spas. No second homes or cottages. Nothing. Ironically, a few descendants now store some of their lobster traps and fishing gear there."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House, locally considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… what was called the Bangor Plan, which allowed hotels and such to serve alcohol if they went to court and paid a fee twice a year."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which were located on the site."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"I was helping Mama at the hotel, serving guests, when the door blew open. A huge man filled the doorway and his voice was a bellow, but yet a kind…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"L.H. White, the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went. On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… was thrown in his honor in one of the area hotels at which he was served a glass of champagne."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Newspaper) The Willows The Willows Hotel, Farmington, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Perhaps higher education for girls was less…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Hotels and restaurants would host the volumes of tourists passing through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Business flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1859, Presque Isle grew large enough to support a hotel, a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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