Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"Seaside Hall in Atlantic village, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Seaside Hall's location on the shore proved to be…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"About this time David Rodick converted two cottages for summer use. By 1870 the village was getting four steamboats a day."

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

"The three villages are distinct from the other, but are connected by a strong and unwavering bond of community."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The area known as the village gradually became the business and economic heart of Guilford, with North Guilford and Guilford Center remaining…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… Society The beginnings of a prosperous village center, referred to as Crick Village for many years, was located at Mill River with a meeting house…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"The small village transitioned from a place where most of the residents were Savages into a residential community of middle age, wealthy retired…"

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Davistown Museum

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca. 1895Guilford Historical Society The second school to appear in Guilford was built in 1818 in Guilford Center."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the Danish Village, an authentic copy of the Danish village Ribe."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Small peripheral villages (often ethnic in nature) developed outside the Rumford Falls area. Each of these areas had their own small, community…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The people of the village were shot down in cold blood as they ran to the river in attempt to escape the flying bullets."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Common or Center, East Dixfield, and Dixfield Village. Upon its incorporation on June 21, 1803, these three sections grew into very diverse parts…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Village Store and Homes, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Blue Hill village was centered mostly around the harbor, which helped unify its people, because such a town center provides a focus for the entire…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"After the salmon fishing, the village would break up into bands, or groups of related families. These would disperse into their traditional hunting…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"After a series of fires in the village, Mr. Edwin Brooks offered to work with some summer residents and purchase fire fighting equipment if the town…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"(Superintendant's Report) The Community Center Farmington Community Center was built during WW II."