Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"The most common place to find a telegraph in Lincoln was at the railroad station. Telephone operator's building, Lincoln, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… bills without the mail? Before the 1850s when the telegraph came to Lincoln, they would have had to walk to the place they wanted to go and do…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The New England Telephone & Telegraph Company was located at the Church Block for many years. Dr. Edwin Fuller Senior's offices were at the Church…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's office. The City Hall is still used for meetings and official city…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"… Free Library? X Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library A year-long learning experience that has…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Post Office & Custom House, Bath, ca. 1901Patten Free Library According to the 1851 map of Bath, three separate buildings occupied the property…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police department."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"In the Bath Bank building were the offices for the Sagadahock Bank and the Customs Collector. One of those customs collectors was William King, also…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… consumed the original Watts Block, along with the Telegraph Block - a wooden commercial block next to it, a stable and the Knox Hotel to its west."

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

"William Lawrence was the only police officer in the City of Bath to ever be shot and killed on duty."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Topsham, County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Moses, John Calvin Stevens, Officer Merrill, and Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington. Galen C. Moses funded the YMCA, provided funds for the 1889 building for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line connecting from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Block, in the late 1860s he had his real estate office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… which time it began service as a seasonal ticket office for Maine Eastern Railroad. Finally, the completion of the four-lane Sagadahoc Bridge in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Gardner Lake, 1936 1897 - 1898 • Telegraph service established • Resort hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No built in North Lubec by Portland YMCA • “Klondike” –…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… “Electric Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

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

"… the New Portland and Eustis Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1929. This business organized in 1889 and had a switchboard at Clark’s store in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph lines and a telephone service. Residents found they could be entertained at opera houses…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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