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

"Hotels in Thomaston Knox Hotel, Thomaston, ca. 1871Thomaston Historical Society In addition to numerous boarding houses throughout town…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The primary purpose of the Customs House in 1858 was to house the Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath and the United States Post Office."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses, such as the J.L. Douglas clothing store, and John O."

Skowhegan History House

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1868, a simple hotel/boarding house was built, which later expanded to accommodate one hundred guests, with modest cottages springing up around it…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… Seminary Institution, which moved to the Knox Hotel in 1838. Prison Corner, Thomaston, ca. 1871Thomaston Historical Society Benjamin Carr…"

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

"The Knox Hotel, a wood structure with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"By 1879 Bar Harbor had 30 hotels, a national reputation and telephone service linking four hotels, a livery stable, Bee's Store, and the local doctor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the heyday…"

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

"Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels, restaurants, movies, and dances. The mackerel population had been fished to exhaustion by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"After that, the hotel race was on – and Bar Harbor won. Island House and slip, Southwest Harbor, 1893Southwest Harbor Public Library Making…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Clerque also built a hotel, named the Summit House, on Green Mountain. Clerque’s railway ran for about 10 years."

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

"… Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early 1900s."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Holt’s store became a hotel. Orin Clay opened a public house named the Copper and Gold Exchange The U.S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889), Clifton House (1885) and Gaynor House…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House and quickly spreading to destroy the hotel completely along with neighboring buildings on both sides of Front Street and on both sides of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"There was a physician (three in the summer), two dentists, an attorney and an architect. There were also two billiards halls and the Neighborhood…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… built the first Asticou Inn in 1883 (a 40-room hotel with only one bathroom, which was located approximately where the current Asticou Inn is…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Typical of this era, a railroad and hotel built in 1816 named the Commercial Hotel were present on the northwest corner of the intersection."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources

"… Swan's Island Historical Society "Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation Department." Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"Holiday Events Warmer weather combined with national or local holidays brought islanders together for celebrations."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… the buildings were saved, and the Hallowell National Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1970…"