Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… 1889 book “Examples of American Domestic Architecture.” John Calvin Stevens is one of the best documented figures in Maine architectural history…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Bowdoin in 1937, he enrolled in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Prison Industries Quarry, State Prison, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society Throughout the years, work industries programs for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857 Map of Waterfront, Thomaston, Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1853 Alexander McCallum…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"Industries of all types were on the rise – lime quarrying, brickmaking, shipbuilding, export and import shipping, carpentry and trading."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… side streets still remain, representing a strong architectural link to the town’s unique heritage. In 1974 a large portion of Main and Knox…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… into this small downtown area is a wealth of architectural, economic and family history revealed in part by the stories connected to the sites on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… Due to its active shipbuilding and trading industry, Thomaston was more directly affected by the Civil War than inland areas throughout the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"The waterfront remained a very active industrial center for most of the 19th century. Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… involvement, lime quarrying was still an active industry in Thomaston.Maine Historical Society Lime was already an active industry in Thomaston by…"

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

"… the vicinity of Mill River, where he started many industries, resuming the quarrying of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… The Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics for the State of Maine, published in 1897, states that Boston became…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… In addition to shipbuilding, the lime quarry industry- now cement production - continues to be a source of employment in the town."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"However, there is a high probability that a few industrious men with ability built small vessels for fishing soon after they arrived in the area."

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

"The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this day in the form of Dragon Cement."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"There is continuity of forms of architecture, work space, tool and process. Transmission of knowledge and understanding takes place by seeing…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Block burned down this evening about eleven." The architecture indicates that the current building was then reconstructed upon the original…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Some call them examples of vernacular or folk architecture. It is all the same thing. The most important of these was the smokehouse itself."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Today, much of the downtown and many architectural gems exist because of this devastating fire. Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"Maine’s rich architectural heritage is reflected in a daguerreotype of York’s First Parish Congregational Church of 1747 accompanied by the Bulman…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Arts Study Club Program, Farmington, 1930-1931

"… 1930 program, which lists such topics as "Gothic Architecture in France" and "Gothic Architecture in England." The bylaws of the club state "there…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"… to build the "new" library building, one of the architectural features was a vault where items deemed valuable and irreplaceable by Farmington's…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"But just six years later much of the architectural and cultural heritage of the city was threatened with demolition."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"A walk through Hallowell reveals America's architectural history on display. Impressive homes and a stellar hotel fill the city."