Maine Memory Network

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Rose Lane Located today at 2 Asticou Way and constructed in 1895 by A.C. Savage for his son John, the building was outfitted as a general store and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… was fond of saying her husband “Chase” should construct all of his buildings on wheels. This may have been a good suggestion."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… Library In 1844, The Hallowell Cotton Mill was constructed. It was being built between Second Street and Water Street."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"After the founders constructed a meeting house at “the Fort,” a movement for the funding of the school was organized."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"A State highway construction plan proposed widening Water Street to a four-lane highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Spiritualist group was one of the first groups to construct on the site. They began building around the year 1882."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… 56 individual cells to be dug into the ground, constructed so “that even their aspect might be terrific, and appear like what they should…dark and…"

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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South Portland Public Library

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Hubbard Free Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"An exception to the more modest construction along the river was that of Montpelier, a stately mansion built in 1793-94 at the former site of Fort…"

South Portland Historical Society

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

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… town residents pooled their resources together to construct a school building in Guilford Center. Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between the fort and Mill River, to the east."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The construction started in 1864, and ended in 1868. However, the passenger railroad service didn't start until the early 1870s."

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Maine State Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… also involved in civic projects, including the construction of a meeting house and the formation of local militia companies."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed. The town field is located along Water Street."