Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis Delesdernier…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Centennial, Knights of Pythias Hall, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Behind the Pythias Hall stood the two-story gabled structure which long…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning. The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"As previously stated, George Davenport requested in his will that the City Hall be built in memory of his father, Charles."

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

"Right before this new Town Hall was occupied, the “Great Fire of 1837” decimated most of the early records thought to be safely in storage."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… X The words of a careful investigator, Ansley Hall, tell much about the process, even then, already practiced in Lubec for possibly one hundred…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"A keen observer, Ansley Hall, in the 1890s in Lubec recorded in words the traditional features. A folk vocabulary of the industry emerges."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Hall talked about them when describing “stringing,” calling them “ordinary dip nets” and noting they were also called “wash nets in this locality.”…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House Davenport Memorial and City Hall…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864. The Knights of Pythias received its charter through an act of the US Congress…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a widower and resident of the Soldiers Home in Washington Precinct, Hall County, Nebraska. After the War many Maine residents had moved West in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Designed initially as a roller rink, its large hall lined with galleries served as a site for many different functions."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Ledyard Block to the new Masonic Temple at 788 Washington Street. An image is on the Maine Memory Network of the Masons in a parade down a street…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall, which burned in 1893. Since the original construction in 1894, the first story and probably…"

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

"He then lent his diving suit to A.S. Hall. Hall went back to New Meadows and talked the engineer, Mr."

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

"These included the Music Hall, Uptown Theater, Columbia Hall, and our focus, the Bath Opera House, and its precursor, the Alameda."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… room, a youth room, a lobby and a lecture hall. Mildred C. Wright donated $150,000 to the library for its construction."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Anthony Coombs Raymond was the master builder for the Universalist Church. He also designed the Winter Street Church on Washington Street in Bath…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as Lambert Hill Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The altar in a Grange hall usually displays an open Bible, agricultural tools, and an American flag."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… of veterans sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A good blacksmith was invaluable. A dance hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater…"