Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… century that still illuminates and inspires new gardens at the turn of the next century. Garden at Beau Desert, Bar Harbor, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and other topics and wrote and illustrated five volumes of recollections…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Barnyard gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and numerous other topics, drew the series of gate designs in his "Scrap Book…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 7 design, Bangor, 1867

"He continued that he would use the design, "if ever I am so lucky as to build one again and should be compelled to use wooden posts." He noted that…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin, an accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… grounds the sixth, the passage to a house barn garden field or pasture is one continual pleasure or source of vexation." It appears on page 7 of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"1850 through the present. Represented works include Maine architects and designers; commissioned projects in Maine or for Maine residents; and to a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"… represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by contributing repository."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Harriman in Auburn, where he worked as a designer from 1956 to 1961. From 1961 until his retirement in 1978, he directed Harriman’s design department."

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… provided an opportunity to expand landscape design holdings and build a network of partners to support converting the database to a Maine Memory…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. That year the noted German architect Walter Gropius joined the department as a faculty…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… of Architects in Maine; while others do not yet have a listing. Researchers are encouraged to review both resources for a given designer."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"If an architect or designer worked on the same project over time, or if a different architect worked on a given project at a later date, the database…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… and developed friendships with such influential designers as William R. Emerson and Robert S. Peabody."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… 1895 at the age of thirty-two, he was active in designing homes, churches, public buildings, and business blocks."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"John P. Thomas was a highly accomplished designer who favored the Georgian Revival style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Between 1896 and 1899 the partnership designed changes to the Mansion House, the first inn at the Ricker family’s famous Poland Spring resort."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Tompson gained a reputation as a skilled designer of houses, schools, churches, public buildings, and commercial blocks."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Shettleworth, Jr. Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March." He had worked most of his life as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… and shopkeeper in Bangor, also was a devoted gardener, proud of his landscape designs, and the fruit trees and vegetables he grew."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"Martin, an accountant, shopkeeper, architecture, gardening, and dance enthusiast, drew the illustration of the swing in a journal he began writing in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"He also wrote about his early gardens, his lameness, his sled design, national politics, his apprenticeship to and work for Doctor Increase S."

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"