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Site Pages
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House
"… by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater. It burned down again in 1946, and was reconstructed as the W.T. Grant Law Offices in 1953."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block
"… immediately rebuilt, and one of the three commercial spaces continues to serve as a Town Hall. A hall with a theater stage is on the second floor."
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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…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies
"Biographies This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."
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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs
"George Coombs By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas
"John P. Thomas This article is based on Roger G. Reed’s biography of John P. Thomas in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners
"Project Background and Partners The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database started as a project in 2002, when Maine Historical Society (MHS)…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens
"John Calvin Stevens By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. John Calvin Stevens, Portland, ca. 1910Maine Historical Society Born in Boston in 1855, John…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview
"Database Overview An ever-growing resource documenting Maine’s built and designed environment, this database includes architecture and landscape…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections
"Database Collections Below is a listing of collections currently represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings
"Maine Architectural Renderings By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Bramhall by Charles A. AlexanderMaine Historical Society With the emergence of…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell
"Eaton W. Tarbell By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Born on an Aroostook County potato farm in Merrill in 1914, Eaton Weatherbee Tarbell (1914-1992)…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden
"Lost Gardens of Eden “Paradise Lost, Paradise Found: the landscape of Mount Desert Island” by Patrick Chassé."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database
"Search the Database The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database organizes and searches for items at the commission (project) level."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas
"Elmer I. Thomas By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Elmer I. Thomas (1863-1895) was born in Lewiston in 1863. His father Sylvanus D."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson
"Frederick A. Tompson By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Frederick Augustus Tompson (1857-1919) was born in Portland in 1857. His father John A."
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Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884
"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975
"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"
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Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911
"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"
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"… could hang out; there was a pool hall and a theater named The Family Theater. Last, the hall is still on Main Street today and is the Lincoln Town…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall
"There are breakfasts in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players' and the annual Sweet Chariot Festival uses the stage for their…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4
"… to wear long dresses for special, evening and theater occasions. Full-length Hollywood influenced gowns include a black chiffon with a…"
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"… prescription at the pharmacy, watch a film at the theater and generally take care of their daily needs without having to leave the village."
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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…"