Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… in 1784, was president of Casco National Bank for 33 years and mayor of Portland for ten years."

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Men and women built small farms along the fertile banks of the river, grew crops and raised livestock for themselves and to trade."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of Elm Street, the Moses family built the Columbian House Block in 1852, just one of a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath. Galen Moses was also the president of the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… became wealthy business men who financed: the Bank Block, The Lincoln Block, and the Columbian Block, in addition to the Church Block."

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

"… included a barber shop and The Lincoln National Bank. With the Sagadahock House getting all the attention, the focus was also going to the stores…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… shipyard in 1844, and founded the first National Bank of Bath in 1861. He served as the Bank’s president until his death in 1882."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Sadly, in 1937 the bank was sold. The bank was located at the corner of 10 North Main Street. It was right next to Griffins Department Store."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Several banks collapsed. Thomaston Banks were kept in business only through the generosity and connections of millionaire Edward O’Brien, president…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Biddeford is bordered by Saco to the north, Dayton and Arundel to the west, Kennebunkport to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Maine was the crossroads of English and French North America, and all the old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with…"

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

"North Dam Mill, 2010. Photograph by Kylie Clukey, Biddeford High School. X For more information..."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… lands to disappear among the tribal bands to the north and east; their culture and customs only to be puzzled out through the archaeological record…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in Portland (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"This bell used to be in the North Church belfry on High Street until it was transported to City Hall. The bell rang every morning, noon, and night."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"[13] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 32. [14] Willis, William, History of Portland vol. II (Portland: Charles Day & Co., 1833), 258."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"The exploring party continued traveling north about a mile further up the river. Here they stopped and stripped some basswood bark to make a chain…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… of Main Street and Hudson Avenue, at the head of Bank Square, and faced north. It was built in 1879 and the Post Office wing was added in 1893."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… and shoe store of Samuel Foote on Front Street, north of Merchants' Row. The wind carried the fire along the west side of Front Street burning down…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… its only small-town national chain branch on the north side of Centre Street, despite the small facility and limited parking."

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

"1865Thomaston Historical Society The Thomaston Bank was established in 1825 at the Lower Corner on the site of the current business block on the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… and Bloomfield were established on opposite banks of the river. By 1861, inhabitants found it more efficient to work as one, and combined under the…"