Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… move, expand, or morph into new uses or entirely new structures. The scope of this writing cannot properly describe or document other Asticou…"

Lincoln, Maine - New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 - Page 1 of 2

"New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description New tissue mill under construction in Lincoln in 1964…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… to support expanding industries, and they were building new roads. And the mail finally arrived. Before 1820 it came only as far as Ellsworth."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"Bar Harbor: Building of Arts Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1930 Building of Arts, Bar HarborJesup Memorial Library The September 13, 1905…"

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

"Building Of The Arts Era Building Of The Arts, Bar Harbor, Maine The Building of the Arts was officially dedicated in 1907 and remained the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"But work remained. A bright new brick building was erected to house permanently U.S. Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Building Boom and Piers above the Falls By William N. Weston & Nghia Ha Images contributed by Rumford Area Historical Society The pictures to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"In the Bath Bank building were the offices for the Sagadahock Bank and the Customs Collector. One of those customs collectors was William King, also…"

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

"… Library When John Calvin Stevens built the new buildings he made them commercial buildings as the owners requested."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"The date is on the front of the 3 1/2 story building. The Bath Savings Institution building was first built in an Italianate style."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The building was purchased from SREA by Ken Young. As of 2009, Stephen Elie owned the building, according to Bath Tax Records."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"In 1954 a new Elementary School was built on High Street. This new school was to serve the population of sub-primary, first and second grade students."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The building was interesting for a variety of reasons. It was a meeting place, a business center, and a home to many."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of 1837 that destroyed 30 buildings, produced a new central business district of brick buildings beginning in the late 1830s."

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

"… the construction of a new lime plant and office building. Today Giant Cement of South Carolina, owned by Spanish company Cementos Portland…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and their loyal employees immediately began building a new modern facility that was again operating by 1960."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"After the building burned down, construction began. The dedication of the brick building was held in 1904."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"Among the new members was Henry Jackson Knox, now a man around 50 and thoroughly ashamed of the years wasted in dissipation."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The original building was built in 1863. It has a wooden bay window that was added in 1909, and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted…"

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

"New to the market were jig saws and circular saws, which were used to make decorative treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1847, construction of this new church began, overseen by master builder Isaiah Coombs. Arthur Gilman designed the church in the style of Gothic…"