Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"To the left is Elm Street businesses. Notice the Methodist Church in the background. Bank Square and Elm Street Businesses, Guilford…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… mansion-studded streets, through the vibrant business district and along the restored waterfront, provides clues to America's past, and to a world…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"At one time, the Hallowell Iron Works employed 30 experienced men. Unfortunately it went out of business in the early 1950’s."

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… the fires that were occurring and destroying businesses and homes. This group existed long before an actual fire department came about."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"… was also being recognized as a prime location for businesses. The Bar Harbor Hospital was built in 1897, MDI Biological Laboratory began as the…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… when two brothers got together and started the business. It was founded in 1887 by the twin Johnson brothers, William C. Johnson and Richardson M."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Braeburn stayed in business until it was gutted by fire in 2003. The hotel was built on March 3, 1906, and stayed well on through the twentieth…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… with the cooperation of the townspeople and the businesses, everyone felt a great satisfaction in a day well planned and long to be remembered."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Musters would have brought business to local stores and united people who normally never would have met."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Benjamin Tenney was a successful Hallowell business man who also owned the Sandpaper Mill further up Vaughan Stream and was later to become the mayor…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"It was a very busy place with lots of students from school using the reference books and people coming in to read the magazines."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… into Hallowell, the Wingate’s were one of two businesses that had coal shipped to them. The Wingate’s coal storage building was located between…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"Both companies conducted major business in the city, often in taverns like the Royal Exchange. At meetings, the companies weighted votes according to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… Proprietors papers are an amalgam of official business records of the Pejepscot Proprietors coupled with supplementary records generated by or in…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… were the common means to heat homes and businesses. Until the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"This might have been because they had more business, or it might’ve been because the machine changed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Club, established in 1900, was a group of local business men, farmers, and horsemen. They were once referred to as “promoters of clean sport”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… that the starch industry “gave a new impetus to business and not only largely benefited the farmers, but aided to a great extent in building up the…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… ideas, of dabbling in almost every kind of business, say Plymouth Company matters, tontine buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation…"

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Work Cited

"… Cyclone Work Cited “An Early Morning Cyclone.” The Hallowell Register, 4 Jan. 1896"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… off their remaining claims and wound up their business within a few years of the Betterment Act, bringing the great era of land speculation in…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Whaling became a highly organized business by the 12th century. The Basques built stone watchtowers and once a whale was spotted, an alarm was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Josiah went into business with his father, and later took control of his father's real estate. Josiah lost a hand in an explosion while supervising…"

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

"Today, much of the Main Street business district is devoted to summer visitors and tourists. There remains one grocery store but the theater, the…"