Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"It was known as Limestone Hill. The Legislative Branch built it and owned it too. On September 15, 1924, a fire started in the broom shop, spreading…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly 100-year-old lime quarry, a wharf and stores on Wadsworth Street."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… on the Saco River until 1789, when Jeremiah Hill, Esquire was appointed to the post. He served in this capacity until 1809, when he was succeeded…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… the work of a church building began on Ballard Hill, and on Sunday of November 30th, Reverend Matthew W. Reilly celebrated the first mass."

Greater Portland Landmarks

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

Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Fred Savage, which is still located at 2 Asticou Hill Trail on the corner of Asticou Way and Asticou Hill trail."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… forced to store artifacts in the former Ballard Hill School, and LHS meetings had to be held in the library once again."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… later become Cumberland, as well as of the Walnut Hill area. The concept of a social library established by proprietors who paid a fee to belong…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Those who lived in the Swain Road and Eaton Hill section of Woodrowville had their own local facility."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"After his time working for that company James Hill and the Great Northern Railway hired him. During his time at Great Northern Stevens discovered two…"

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

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Some vessels were built in the vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… station, on the right at the crest of the hill is what used to be known as Junior Turner’s house."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"They gathered from Ridge, Split Hill, McCurdy, and Straight Bay, rural schools all, with teachers and some parents and friends."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Montpelier still stood on the hill overlooking the shore, and the waterfront property provided valuable income through leasing before reluctantly…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Fort Hill, Biddeford, ca. 1906McArthur Public Library An example of this were Captain Benjamin Hooper and his sea coast patrol company "to Defend…"

Porter Memorial Library

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

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident…"

Stetson Historical Society

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

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Promenade (1911), the Emerson School on Munjoy Hill (1897-98), the Wilde Chapel in Evergreen Cemetery (1902), the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894)…"

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

"… and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990)"

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

"… in the Revolutionary army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel Moses and Abigail…"