Maine Memory Network

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

"… Company also had its own store and the Veneer Hall, which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

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

"… company also had its own store called the Veneer Hall which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… year, however, classes were held in the town hall. Within a few years of the second fire, the events of the Civil War called away so many…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The new hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall on Central Street was completed in 1855 to meet the needs of Bangor's growing community and its demand for more business space and for…"

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

"The Chase Hall in town also served as a place for people to gather. Movies were shown here, and dances were held almost every Saturday night."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Board of Trustees of the Academy held their first meeting at The Center Meeting House in April 1807."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor. A school in North Lubec was already in existence 1818 • Boundary dispute…"

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

"… and women not now with us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916 CentennialGuilford Historical Society The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966 Modern History…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… gathered six of his friends together in 34 Grays Hall in Cambridge to discuss a camping expedition to Maine."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"A town meeting was held on September 19, 1972 at which time the town authorized the selectmen to negotiate with Fernwood Grange for the exchange of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He was taken to Bangor City Hall. Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society Al Brady's body was never claimed so he…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A good blacksmith was invaluable. A dance hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… dining room in the basement, theater and dance hall on the ground floor, balcony and dressing rooms on the second floor, and the IOOF Lodge on the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Farmington State Normal School began in Beal's Hall, located in downtown Farmington, on August 24, 1864."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… hospitals, schools, churches, homes, mess halls, roughly 5,500 building total were built. The entire staff of the project was increased threefold…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris under Leo Delibes, Joseph Massart, and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… spare flowers to decorate the tables of Norumbega Hall, and for spectators to beware of pick-pockets."