Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

"… Women and men are husking corn under the shed roof at the E.S. Dingley Corn Shop in Farmington Falls. Bushels of corn are in foreground."

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… included a business office, two stone-cutting sheds, a modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house…"

Phillips Historical Society

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Monmouth Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… off on a hard floor will jump from the top of the shed about 8 feet his element is to be up in the air." View additional information about this…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… Womans' Barn was set on fire E H Tebbets horse shed and 4 stores commencing at I W Pattens and running north Cyras Goss were entirely consumed so…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… the L joins the maine house the other when the shed joins the stable." Martin made the drawing on July 7, 1864 as part of his Journal he wrote…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… house as it looked before Samuel Veazie added a shed and made other changes when he began using it as his winter residence in about 1861."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks."…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Hill (known today as Granite Hill) to the Cutting Sheds was a challenge. Transportation too a lot of people power and a lot of animal power."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… Park, it was stated, “We have the finest Cattle Shed in the State, 1128 feet long, containing 141 Stalls, 10 by 8 feet, and the best-arranged…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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

"Pike, photo X A Pickling or Brining Shed was another building traditionally needed in a herring “stand,” beside the smokehouse proper."

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

"… the larger houses.” Left in the Skinning/Packing Shed were literally thousands of them, dark and oily from the millions of herring that had been…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Houses, barns, workshops, garages and sheds in Asticou were routinely moved, split up, and expanded as needed to suit the occupants, giving true…"

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"From a room over a shed to a pilot laptop program of national significance, this exhibit will reveal the metamorphosis of our outstanding school…"

Lubec Landmarks

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"Later, around 1883, the barn and shed were demolished and the Old House was swung around and relocated westward to make room for the first Asticou…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Natalie Havens, who used to work at McCurdy’s, made an important point in 2001: Each person working in the Shed did everything: skinning, gutting…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford where there was a shed for interchange with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Schools could be in private homes, in converted sheds or other structures, or built "from scratch." Children walked to school unless the snow was too…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… and they used the mill to cut lumber to build a shed over it. Due to the sub-par performance of the engine, they upgraded the mill to run on a…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… With this growth, the District evolved as it shed its infant skin and entered a stage of maturity—making it ripe for statehood."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"