Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"X As you take your walk down Summer Street today, imagine how it used to look before the street was paved, before the advent of automobiles, and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"In addition to politics, he was a Member of the Park & Cemetery Board. He was prominent in Masonic Lodges, and he was a member of the Knights Templar."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths of a mile, cost 10 cents and included free admission."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… rod iron fence on the Main Street side of the park is part of the original. I would say they got their money’s worth for that fence."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"Years later, the skating rink moved onto land now part of Riverside Park and served by a warming hut that is now the support building."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… standing today on the southwest corner of Elm Street where it meets the Main Road in Hampden. The gristmill and the sawmill that Benjamin Wheeler…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… family on a knoll which is now known as Dudley Street. He then took advantage of power created by the rushing waters of the Souadabscook and built…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… in John Crosby’s warehouse at the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road. The British left a cannon ball hole in the warehouse and pillaged…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"At first it was named Maplewood Park and was privately-owned. It was called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which…"

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

"… Village Improvement Society proposed to create a park that would stretch from Main Street to the harbor."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"It is now used as a parking lot for Maine Public Service employees. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times A Walk Through History."

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Hallowell viewed from Butternut Park, Chelsea, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Why Go to Hallowell? The Effects of the Embargo Act It is important to…"

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

"1917Northeast Harbor Library Main Street, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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

"Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor 21st Century Decline In 2008, a fire erupted in the Colonial’s restaurant on Main Street and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Eventually, the building was torn down to make a parking lot. The people associated with the Dreamland were Samuel Davis and William H. Van Dorn."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Street, despite the small facility and limited parking. It was a nice brick store, but as the years went on the location became inadequate for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Gorham Parks Fassett was born on July 23, 1839. He was born in Freeman. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Parks."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"Torrey Home, City Park, Bath, ca. 1887Patten Free Library There were two additions built to the library."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… the other side of the building, above a current parking lot, there is also an advertisement for a cheese company. Masonic Parade, Bath, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot. Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca."