Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… In conclusion Miss Evelyn Pike unveiled a black granite tablet. The monument is on the Pleasant Street edge of the park, and reads “Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… their families adjacent to the tower and the granite Easternmost Point marker. Those in summer enter the Visitor Center, long desired by the State…"

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"In 1970, the restored structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Row House, Second Street, Hallowell, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting, Swan’s Island made an attractive settlement site for families and traveling…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… saw the need for a formal law enforcement structure and created the position of City Marshal, a position that evolved over the years into our…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"Strong, forceful winds can tear down the firmest structures. Many Lives can be lost. The people who experienced this cyclone however, were very lucky."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"The town retains a handful of 18th century structures and about 400 original 19th century structures - including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Local businessmen conceived this elegant $135,000 granite structure with its Ionic columns and saucer dome as a new state capitol that would bring…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… the house is new the front retains the original structure, as seen in its low ceilings. It is known by some as the oldest surviving home on Swan's…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The Grant building is brick with a front of granite and limestone in the art deco style. There were 473 Grant stores nationwide."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of ridges underlain by resistant bedrock such as granite, and valleys where the bedrock was more easily eroded."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The grounds were spruced up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"The house, which was perched only on granite cornerstones and blocks had no central heat, just a large cook stove with copper hot water tank in the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… visiting the island, and prior to a church structure, services were held in an island schoolhouse."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block had gable roofs and walls made out of granite, brick, terra-cotta, dentil moldings and soldier bricks."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… structure made of limestone and bricks with a granite foundation. There are columns at its entrance to define the curved front; above these columns…"