Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In 1888 a new United States Post Office had been established in Jemtland, and in 1901 one was established in Stockholm."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"It has been said that the officers attempted to bring the men back, but were unsuccessful; finding themselves alone on the battle field, they too…"

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

"Officer Lawrence was doing night patrol and spotted Daniel Wilkinson after attempting to break into the chandlery."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… of doing this in the Minneapolis city engineer's office he entered the field himself. He was characterized by his common sense attitude and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It contained a post office, a clothing store, and a drug store on the first floor, and the bedrooms and the kitchen on the second floor, with…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… was replaced, Interface built a huge corporate office building, the town office project was completed and King Cummings Park was dedicated as we…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The freight office (seen here) was on Dyer Street. Another building used by the Aroostook Valley Railroad during its last few years of operation…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Islanders have fond memories and horror stories of school life before and after consolidation. Island teachers, like many small-town teachers of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… of the two upper stories and damage to the offices (including the Rumford Falls Times publication facility) and stores on the first floor."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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

"… five nights a week and slept on a sofa in the office. She was allowed to sleep after 11 p.m., but farmers would wake her about 5 a.m."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Cotton Mill Office, Second Street, Hallowell, 1881Hubbard Free Library On March 15, 1890, people started to hear that the Cotton Mill was going to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"Hampden Highlands Post Office, ca. 1908Hampden Historical Society Hampden has been described as “perhaps, the most famous of the old towns of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… center and western wing of the prison, consuming offices and the guardroom, along with the Warden’s brick dwelling."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Applebee, a retired U.S. Customs Officer, gave a talk on Thomaston’s shipbuilding years, based on his research at the time, in which he provided the…"

Norway Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Scotch…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… engineers arrived in late 1960, setting up offices in the old John Trenholm barber shop on the left side of Washington Street, Highway 189, close…"

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

"They also know that all towns go through bad times, only to see good times once again. The town history proves that this town, comprised of three…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"At this time there were approximately 1200 students attending SAD #4 schools with annual expenditures of $650,000."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… businesses appeared throughout the island from time to time, serving certain populations and special needs, including a gristmill, saw mills and…"

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…"

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…"