Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… Company also had its own store and the Veneer Hall, which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… company also had its own store called the Veneer Hall which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"There were also two billiards halls and the Neighborhood House. During the 1920s, as the village grew, business on Main Street changed hands and the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… Salt II River Driving In Maine , Tall Trees Tough Men by R. Pike, From Stump to Ship (video), The Upper Kennebec Valley , Vol. 2, by Jon Hall"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… for the naming ceremony of their newest residence hall, to be specifically tailored as a women’s community with an emphasis in physical wellness."

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

"… Future A historical town narrative Text by Kate Hall & Amanda Pingree Images from New Portland Historical Society and Maine Historical Society…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… Brainstorming Meeting held at the Cumberland Town Hall in October, 2009 elicited a seeming endless array of fascinating topics that we could pursue."

Colby College Special Collections

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as Lambert Hill Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The altar in a Grange hall usually displays an open Bible, agricultural tools, and an American flag."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… of veterans sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… and the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meeting hall. Dixfield has been the home to many doctors, earning great respect from the community."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… ceremony in 1930 at Portland’s Cathedral Guild Hall, where eight graduates received diplomas. Students hailed from across Maine; early graduates…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… impressive 1909 watercolor for the Portland City Hall was produced by the principal architects, Carrere and Hastings of New York for a project in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Indian Superintendent William Johnson at Johnson Hall in New York and even further west at Fort Niagara."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… courts, a beautiful gymnasium, and a new assembly hall with a stage for putting on plays and other events."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Ansley Hall, a fellow investigator, provided a wonderful description of the skilled work: “The cutter takes several fish in the left hand at once…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall on Central Street was completed in 1855 to meet the needs of Bangor's growing community and its demand for more business space and for…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"In May of 2013 he was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. William graduated from Bowdoin College in 1962, and then went on to the Boston…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Carriage Museum Exhibition Hall Photo by Pamela C. Ames X Fulfilling the Dream and Protecting Open Space: 1999 – present After Ken Sowles’ death…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… gathered six of his friends together in 34 Grays Hall in Cambridge to discuss a camping expedition to Maine."