Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"Twenty-two of the fifty-one articles to be voted on at the meeting concerned roads.(1) Roads in more populated areas had been tarred, but more rural…"

Westbrook Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"The first official meeting of the Lincoln Historical Society was July 8, 1935. At the time, Gertrude Mills was the secretary and Addie Pinkham was…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Windham Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The old gymnasium was converted to a classroom. Guilford High School Orchestra, 1942Guilford Historical Society On August 29, 1958, Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"After the founders constructed a meeting house at “the Fort,” a movement for the funding of the school was organized."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… National Register of Historic Places, serves as a meeting place for our members and as a venue for several public events."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"This group had meetings for the members and picnics that included their families. The meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans."

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Friendship Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"At the first Town Meeting, May 22, 1771, Selectmen chose Samuel Bullen to serve as Constable. His responsibilities were to maintain public order, to…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"The museum development team, from its first meetings, envisioned a web-based presentation of Historic Hallowell."

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the first house, the first room for Plantation meetings in their upstairs room, the first school, gave an acre of land for the first cemetery, and…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The Turner House was partially lost to fire in the year 1903. One hundred years later, in 2003, the Braeburn Hotel was completely lost to fire."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class. A state law was passed in 1904, requiring towns to…"

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… first house of worship on the island, the Baptist Meeting House and Town Hall (1804). A series of Baptist churches followed, including the Free…"

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

"… into Plantation 6, Range 7, and in November a meeting of voters was held for the purpose of raising money for school."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Harold obtained some of the timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street."