Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The Church Block was built in 1863, right after the Universalist Church was torn down. When the Universalist Church was torn down, the Sagadahoc Club…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the Swedenborgian Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central Congregational/Chocolate Church, were joined by more elaborate structures in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"Note the stone piers. This was built after the wooden bridge washed out by a Spring flood in 1902. The large white building on the right is the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"A wheelwright is a person that repairs broken wooden wheels. The wooden wheels were primarily for carriages or wagons."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Rappahannock, one of the four largest wooden vessels built by the A. Sewall and Company."

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

"… and Front Streets was occupied by a 2 ½ story wooden building housing the Zina Hyde Chandlery. The purpose of the chandlery was to sell equipment…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… to the building so that it could also manufacture wooden spools for winding thread and wire. The business really started on February 28, 1876, when…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"1900Jesup Memorial Library Beyond simple wooden chairs and stools, there was little furniture at the encampment."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Before the Davenport Memorial, there were four wooden buildings with many uses at the site. A barber shop shared one building with the Farr and Frost…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… downtown began to shift from one largely of wooden buildings to one of brick. The fire not only affected many businesses, but also severely…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Ledyard and PalmerPatten Free Library A small, wooden building was torn down to make room for the Ledyard Block."

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

"The fire, leaping the street, caught on the wooden building across Front Street. Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… style house by adding a fanciful overlay of wooden Gothic Revival carving inspired by the Cathedral of Milan."

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"It spread among the wooden warehouses along Bangor’s working waterfront. Strong winds quickly spread the fire across the Kenduskeag Stream and burned…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… used was using a tool called a drogue, which is a wooden drum or inflated sealskin, that they tied to an arrow or harpoon so the whale would be…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel Fox, Jr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels were built in Blue Hill. Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"In 1809 the first wooden covered bridges were built so people could pass onto and off the island easily at all times of the year."

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

"North New Portland saw the creation of the Congregational Church in 1862. New Portland is a land rich with natural resources such as water and wood."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… building shown to the left, in 1916, replaced the wooden structure, and was the location of the French & Elliott Company, the Masonic Hall and the…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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