Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… was a room on each side of the corridor with theater-style seating. The second story of the building was one large room, and was actually completed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… over the state, region, country and world; movie theaters remain an important part of the entertainment sector; congregations support a variety of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater, rallying patriotic fervor with World War I artwork, or inventing new technology to keep a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"The biographies are largely authored by Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., and based his work with the Maine Historic Preservation…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of Customs for the Port of Bath and the United States Post Office. The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration between local schools…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… the church in the style of Gothic Revival, as stated by the Sagadahoc Preservation Architectural Surveys."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Calvin Stevens, who was the best architect in the State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Front Street looking north from Arch…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… front; above these columns is an inscription that states, “Davenport Memorial In Memory of Charles Davenport.” This particular building designed by…"

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…"

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

"After Daniel Wilkinson's death sentence, the law stating No Capital Punishment in Maine was made. Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"He designed several large public buildings in the state and was building a business both at home and throughout the state."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… had been chosen as one of eight schools in the state to participate in the Maine Community Heritage Project."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"He stated that he was not cared for well but had many friends around. At then end of his letter his says “Tongue cannot tell neither can imagination…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of Elm Street, the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… Maine residents; and to a lesser extent, out-of-state commissions by Maine architects. While predominantly representing Maine architects and firms…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… commissions in fifty Maine communities across the state. In 1896, George M. Coombs invited his two most experienced draftsmen to form the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust Company Bank in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… has preserved outstanding examples of the render’s art from 1850 to 1950, the period in which architectural rendering flourished in the state."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… in this group, a structured black rayon taffeta theater coat associated with Marion Johnson is high waisted, featuring a dramatic wide spreading…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926McArthur Public Library Besides modern conveniences and entertainments, the city was…"

Franco-American Collection

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"They would have a movie theater and a town swimming pool and all that good stuff for the kids to go to and play with."