Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business Savage Family Hotel Page Images -III Click here to see pictures and read about the hotels and inns…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… Masonic Lodges have consolidated, and the Davis Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, combined with the Phillips Lodge, and the building was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Titcomb Ski Slope, Farmington, ca. 1960

"… in Farmington, circa 1960 showing ski trails, lodge, skiers on the slope, and the parking lot. Note that this ski slope is on Morrison Hill and not…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Titcomb Ski Slope, Farmington, ca. 1950

"… of Titcomb Ski Slope including the building / lodge at the base of the slope. Note that this ski slope is on Morrison Hill and not on Titcomb Hill…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… Society Summer at Asticou brought a house and lodging swap for most of the Savage family. Unlike many of Mount Desert’s families who farmed…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Chartered in 1822, the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839. The first building owned by the Lodge, erected in 1840, proved…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"… town, Thomaston had two hotels for guests seeking lodging. Joseph Berry built the Knox House (later changed to Knox Hotel) in 1828."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"It also housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie projector. The Lodge room and kitchen were upstairs, while the dance hall and movie…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"With this, the Odd Fellows were spreading their organization across the Atlantic Ocean to United States. Then, in 1857 and 1892, two I.O.O.F. lodges…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… 66¢, and that Knox was also to provide “board, lodging, and washing, but not their liquor.” Later, in 1801, Jacobs took out a lease on the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… bank, the first fire company, first fraternal lodge, first high school, first newspaper, first city directory, first textile mills and the first…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"and is known as Cranberry Lodge, located at 20 Peabody Drive, on a corner of Peabody Drive above the Asticou Inn where the main road of Route 3 meets…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… every respect, their titles were military, their lodges had military names and they wore special uniforms. (The U.R.K.P."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings on Wheels Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"This lodge was built for what had been the Farmington Outing Club, which had been cutting ski trails on a lot of land on Morrison Hill."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name “Rising Virtue” and held at the home of Jesse Libby in October…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"They also had a private kitchen, the Masonic Lodge, reception rooms, army and police offices located on the top floor."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… a Way Station that had a tie up for horses and lodging for travelers. In 1798 a road to the Swift River along the Androscoggin River was built and…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… and many members were photographed in their lodge regalia. In an ambrotype, a young man wears an elaborately decorated Masonic vestment and apron…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a cold lodge until very hot, and then cooling them to create steam."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… 1883-1900, it was converted for use as help-house lodging for the female employees of the Asticou Inn. George A. Savage, Sr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… border gardens in the existing orchard at Thuya Lodge and designed and formed the Japanese inspired Asticou Azalea Garden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… a small library of rare botanical books for Thuya Lodge. John D. Rockefeller Jr. letter to Charles K."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the name “Rising Virtue” and held at the home of Jesse Libby in October…"