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Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Births of Annie, Junior, Elmer; landscaping and garden design, business failures and attempts to find work   Part 8, pages 534-603 I."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"Charles Snell Cone cedar tree Gate designs 1866 Philadelphia National Union convention Bangor Democratic convention George W. Ladd Sen. James R."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"… Noted Bangor architect Benjamin Deane (1790-1867) designed the high school building, at right, which was built in 1852 on what was known as the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"The church, built in 1852-1853 and designed by John Towle of Boston, also was known as Central Congregational Church."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… also showcases his interests in architecture and design with a section on gate designs for various uses, his ideal farm and barn structures, and a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure. Martin wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"… has larger or smaller type and logos or other designs on it. We cannot – and do not try to – duplicate that."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… ca 2012 The hand carved wood entry gates to Thuya Garden were designed by Charles K. Savage in 1959."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… more information about the two Savage designed gardens, click here. Charles was able to listen, support, and encourage these three Mount Desert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… designed and built the English style border gardens in the existing orchard at Thuya Lodge and designed and formed the Japanese inspired Asticou…"

Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… Community Improvement Association, the Surry Garden Club, the Arbutus Grange, and the Surry Historical Society."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"But settlers were important to the proprietors’ designs. Their presence helped to substantiate company land claims, and the roads, mills, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… for Maine did not account for the highlands designated in the 1783 treaty. His proposed border would have limited Maine’s access to rich forests…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… sea-side wilderness of Maine?” -- Charles Eliot, Garden & Forest , February 19, 1890, pp. 86-87 Visitors at Champlain Society Camp, Mount…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… Varney Douglass was out planting bulbs in her garden. She used her shovel to dig, and tenderly placed a bulb. A shiny glint caught her attention."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… combines them with rich interpretive content designed for a broader public audience. Draper's claim northeast of Bath, 1795Maine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… the founding of Frankfort, and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… move was just to the east of the present day Sand Garden feature in the Asticou Azalea Gardens. During the early part of the 20th century, The Old…"

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

"… supported by house servants, chauffeurs and gardeners, was both envied and resented by the town's year-round residents."