Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Ellsworth post office was in Surry and the Surry post office was six miles away. Finally in 1829, through the influence of Colonel John Black, who…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Post Office, 114 Main Road, 734.8884 Second Baptist Church, PO Box 17, 102 Main Road, 734.2055 Town Office, PO Box 76, 150 Main Road, 734.2253…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… to appoint him as Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held for a year before returning to the Senate for the balance of his life."

Freeport Historical Society

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Stockholm Historical Society

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Moosehead Historical Society

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

"The first post office was established in 1844 after fifty years of sporadic mail brought from the Deer Isle or Mount Desert Island post offices…"

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

"The stores, much like the post offices, were a meeting place for islanders to catch up on local news. Beatrice Stockbridge, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"… would rely on Atlantic stores, the school, post office and church. When it was first constructed, Seaside Hall served as Atlantic's library."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"She was one of the first five female officers posted to England in November of 1942. She was in England only a short time before being transferred to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"By the middle 1900s there were three post offices, two in stores and the third was in its own building."

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

"… the building was outfitted as a general store and post office serving the Asticou Inn and neighborhood."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… location necessitated the construction of a new Post Office in Hallowell. His business at one point occupied an entire city block, employed 100…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"Hampden Highlands Post Office, ca. 1908Hampden Historical Society Hampden has been described as “perhaps, the most famous of the old towns of the…"

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Stetson Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In 1888 a new United States Post Office had been established in Jemtland, and in 1901 one was established in Stockholm."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… on the hill above, a bridge across the river, a post office, a few traders and some unpainted houses scattered about, although the surrounding area…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The earliest date found was 1830. The post office was located in the same building from 1888 until its closure on September 8, 1967."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Dixfield East Dixfield Post Office and General Store, Wilton, ca. 1914Dixfield Historical Society EAST DIXFIELD The Next Section to be…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… and other Eastport merchants relocate to Lubec • Post office established in Lubec. Road connecting Lubec and East Machias under construction 1817 •…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… a central location, and closed all other existing post offices. Today, mail is brought to the island via the ferry from Camden."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… photograph taken at Dennysville, in front of the post office, shows how deep the snow is in some parts of Eastern Maine this winter, as the result…"