Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… eight schools in the state to participate in the Maine Community Heritage Project. Over the summer, the team met a number of times to begin…"

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

"… was the last person to get the death penalty in Maine. William Lawrence was the only police officer in the City of Bath to ever be shot and killed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… and Washington Streets in the city of Bath, Maine. Over a period of two-hundred years, five notable establishments have made history at this…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… corner of Centre and Water Streets in Bath, Maine, was built by William Ledyard in 1856. The Ledyard Block is a brick building that combined…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the city’s history."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… Library, located at 33 Summer Street in Bath, Maine, is architecturally unique. It was designed by architect George Harding, in a Richarsonian…"

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

"Bath was incorporated as a town in 1781 while Maine was still part of Massachusetts. The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… the son of William King, the first governor of Maine. Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House."

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

"… become the biggest and most successful hotel in Maine for the year of 1849. In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"When they were built, the main architectural points of this style were simplicity and symmetry. Front Street postcard, Bath, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"Student Exhibits Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Columbian Block Text by Taylor Johnson, Michaela Lothrop, Paige Martin, Devon Vanmeter 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Dreamland and Liberty Text by Frazier Metcalf and Deion Osmond 7th grade students from Bath Middle School Images from the Patten Free Library Where…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House Text by Claire Keating and Billy Price 7th Grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Sagadahoc County Courthouse Text by Jared Gilliam, Emily Parker, and Kaitlyn Smith 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Church Block Text by Colbie Holloway, Shelby Martel, Samantha Sprauge, and Caitlyn Ware 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Davenport Memorial and City Hall Text by Rebecca Black, Christie Duffy, Courtney McKinney, and Brook Mitchell 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Public Library In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the in-migration of people from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"… make clear from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Maine's populace kept up with changing styles, and dressed as fashionably as…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Bangor Volume II: The Twentieth Century (ME) (Images of America). Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1997. Print."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"By the mid-twentieth century, the Ryder’s Cove business establishments no longer functioned, and summer residents began to shop at the Durkee…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… collections, including a detailed, handwritten twentieth century census, photographs, scrapbooks, and town records."