Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - NARRATIVE

"… unlike most early settlements, an old fashioned mill-town. Come back with us and share our history in these three segments that relate our story."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… Francis Spencer, and a very small portion of the mills continued operation making a variety of blankets."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… harnessed for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything else that needed more power than could be supplied by men or animals."

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… Welcome to Guilford, a small central Maine mill town with an industrial heritage reaching back two hundred years; young, as far as towns go in…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and Martin at the mouth of Mill Street."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… by their son, Richard Elliott, and partner Walter Mills for several years. The building was used as a roller rink for a period of time after the…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"The woodworking shop milled lumber and produced cut lumber and moldings for carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… of the century Guilford had the railroad, woolen mills, a newspaper, and even a cinema. What the town needed was a library."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The Mills and Lumber Compnay of Stockholm Mills, Stockholm, ca. 1900Stockholm Historical Society In 1900 though 1901 a dam was created to be…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"They hauled pulp and paper, petroleum, mill products, and chemicals. In 1962 the railroad running through Guilford was torn up."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… dinners and Samuel Boardman and the men from his mill set up tables in the sheds by the railroad and served beanhole beans."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The mills dried themselves off and were going full tilt once again, a $20 million state-of-the-art yarn manufacturing facility was planned by…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"This was a good dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Ambajejus Boom House

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The grist mill proved a great convenience for nearby settlers, who otherwise had to carry their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have…"

Strong Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… of ship measurement requirements would harvest lumber and oversee its transport back to Thomaston."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"It was later converted to a long lumber mill. The Veneer Company also had its own store and the Veneer Hall, which was used for movies and dances and…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"After that, the planks were sent to the lumber company to be sold to anyone who needing to build houses, sheds, and porches, etc."

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

"… a double sawmill on Mill River to serve as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families."

Stockholm Historical Society

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