Maine Memory Network

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

"Rose Lane Located today at 2 Asticou Way and constructed in 1895 by A.C. Savage for his son John, the building was outfitted as a general store and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… replaced with a two-span concrete T-beam bridge constructed in 1936 by the Maine State Highway Commission."

William Fogg Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"As told in the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and laid over a swampy area--was being constructed near White Oaks."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Road connecting Lubec and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The F.D. Morrill Greenhouse on Walnut Hill Road in North Yarmouth produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… caused more change on the island, requiring the construction of better roads and making travel between the separate island villages easier."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The M&J Hudson store was constructed in 1879. Later on another wing was added. This wing was for the post office added in 1893."

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

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the selectmen."

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

"Odd Fellows' Hall was constructed soon afterward, and its three stories still stand tall on Harbor Road."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… of Maine Housing Authority, said that the construction of the new apartments would begin around November 1st and would be done approximately in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He had foresight in construction because his buildings had solid bases, which could be expanded. He purchased land, subdivided it, and created a new…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… built to supply the building boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Asticou Garage Under Construction 1939Northeast Harbor Library After her mother died in 1941, Mame moved back to Maine and into the Old Ell…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… of men who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a furniture business expanded, a new car wash was constructed and the 16 units demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new apartments."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were leaking and extremely heavy to maneuver."

Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"In 1891, the newly constructed Dark Harbor landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer Colony. The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer…"