Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… symbol, using it lavishly in side porches, an Italianate architectural element. By the 1850s, he made a personal statement by moving into a higher…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"Fine examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Victorian architecture reflect the affluence of the times."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure. Martin wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… his pictures all the richness and romance of the Italian school." The Portland Transcript reported on November 13, 1852, that Carleton had added a…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Ethnicity at Hallowell Granite Works was probably more pronounced, considering the firm's specialties. Italian and Spanish carvers were regarded as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Italian Garden, Bar Harbor ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library Residence of D. C. Blair, Bar Harbor, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"They served pasta and other good Italian food. Hartt’s Restaurant “served the best pizza you could ever imagine.” It had a soda fountain, and jukebox."

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

"… including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire and Queen Anne examples, most of which have had little exterior…"

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

"… Chinese, Turkish, Danish, Polish, Russian and Italian. There was also poverty, violence, ethnic strife and rancorous politics."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Scotch, irish, and French families migrating to town in search of work."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"The fabric is also reminiscent of influential Italian designer Emilio Pucci, whose name is synonymous with colorful, dramatic prints."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Smith Crossing, with its predominantly Italian population, had the MacDonald School. The Polish, Lithuanian, and Irish folks in the Spruce…"

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

"Overlock left a legacy of stately Italianate structures, shaping the architectural character of Thomaston seen today. <- Prev."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… 1856 rendering of Bramhall, the Western Promenade Italianate mansion of John Bundy Brown, Portland’s leading businessman."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Hundreds of workers, many of them Italian immigrants who had been working on the railroad in Machias, were drawn to the project with promises of high…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… additional waves of immigrants, in the person of Italian and Eastern European masons, came to build them, while Canadians from Quebec and the…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"The Elks Club and Italian Heritage Club also participated in fundraising spaghetti dinners. Increased demand for services and space encouraged…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"There were so many influenza cases in the Italian quarter that St. Peter’s Church opened and filled with beds for people quarantining infected…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"She was the daughter of an Italian painter and German-Jewish mother, and lived in Italy until the end of World War I."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… different people of Chinese, Greek, Irish, and Italian descent. They were all immigrant families."

St. Croix Historical Society

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