Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… earning a living the first settlers had to put a roof over their heads and cut enough firewood to heat their homes and cook their food."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The old building has a slate roof; the new building has a metal roof. The wall on the west side of the original building was left intact, including…"

Tate House Museum

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… which were characterized by single stories, flat roofs, and glass and steel construction. Tarbell was an outspoken critic of the traditional brick…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… style Church Block is made out of stone; the roof is a flat gable roof. The original building was built in 1863."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"It has a good roof with shingles. Thomas Macomber, the builder and founder of this building, made it to be a bank specifically."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… and is notable for its granite pillars, mansard roof, and elaborate dormers. Front Street at Arch Street, Bath, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… in the new building, they had to raise the roof in order to put them in. The new theater had balconies, sloped floors, fancy seats, a small…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… style, with Hallowell granite trimmings and roof of slate. The approach to the library will be between two venerable elm trees that have stood…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel Fox, Jr."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"At the extreme right of the school photo note the roof corner of Columbian Hall, which appears in the righthand photo also richly decorated."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The roof had broad, overhanging eaves to shade the walls as much as possible. Many ice houses had a small, entry room lit by a small window and an…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The roof had broad, overhanging eaves to shade the walls as much as possible. Many ice houses had a small, entry room lit by a small window and an…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… other end was pinned to the wall supporting the roof. Giant, wooden bolts were used to hold everything into place; they would wedge these into the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The theater itself was an open air pitched roof design with a square open stage. Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator. Inside was the gravel floor of the sort Hall had seen “for the area has to be used for the fires.” (P."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… watch as a man swims to the woman trapped on the roof of her car. He was able to swim her to safety. Photo courtesy of the Bangor Daily News."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… largest book paper mill in the world under one roof and had a capacity of 350 tons of paper a day."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Savage’s hired hand, Harry Merchant, in the roof sheathing boards which were once part of the big barn. More on the Old Ell..."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The theater had a pitched roof, beamed ceiling, and square platform stage. For the elite set, there were reserved chairs in the front rows covered by…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Those whistles show on the roof, each adjacent to a stack. According to West Quoddy Head Light Station history, “during a particularly foggy year…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… Merchants' Row, being built of brick with a slate roof, helped slow down the fire so the firemen and others could put out the flames."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The building has a gambrel roof with several corners and dentils. According to an article in the Bath Daily Tribune in 1856, one-third of Centre and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… sight of a grandson of a shipmaster shingling the roof of a summer cottage for his livelihood and there was something sadder in the knowledge that…"