Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… including the General Store and the Old Twin Brick Store Buildings. Buckfield also had many different practices including a dentist and a doctor."

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone. Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The building, known as “The Old Brick Store” was a landmark until it burned in 1915. Crosby’s Federalist style Grist Mill Store dates from 1809…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… construction of Strathglass Park, a group of brick homes for the workers of the area. The Rumford Falls Realty (an outgrowth of the Rumford Falls…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… Field Crosby's Grist Mill Store, called Old Brick Store, Hampden, built in 1807Hampden Historical Society While Hampden was not the first…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."

New Hampshire Historical Society

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

"The chimneys bricks were made at Parker’s kiln. Capt. Parker was responsible for many firsts in the East Village."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other buildings on the Island, and manage the mills."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He had foresight in construction because his buildings had solid bases, which could be expanded. He purchased land, subdivided it, and created a new…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… of lighthouse construction dictated a new solid brick tower, equipped with the most modern apparatus."

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

"This building was made of brick and burned in 1891. The Quint brothers soon built a new and modern building which did considerable business for a…"

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

"… to raise funds that resulted in the attractive brick library building on the corner of Main Street and Parker Point Road that opened its doors in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"That small brick structure set back away from the road. The flames however crossed Main Street and took the Baptist Church, stayed on the west side…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He moved to Carthage to make bricks at $11.50 a month. He returned to Hartford to build a stone wall 100 rods long in eight weeks for $100."

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

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Prince Memorial Library

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