Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… a new building was erected just behind the brick structure. This new building was home to a large shop, a home economics laboratory, a science…"

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."

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"The loose fronted structure and inner bodices suggest use during pregnancy. Recent scholarship points to the possibility that the most sophisticated…"

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…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… across from the marsh, was originally a one-story structure, added onto as King’s finances and family grew."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… boats were constructed in a large, garage-like structure behind the Pillsbury Inn, which was next door to his house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Training School, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… in March of 1927 and was replaced soon after by a brick structure. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… operation, necessitating a need for more structures, trucks, a machine repair shop, employees and clam draggers."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The station was later replaced with a new structure.(4) The Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad also had two stations, West Scarboro and Oak Hill."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"This system provides structure for kids who have to go to many different classrooms during the day. Classes end when the bell rings so teachers have…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… shipbuilders, men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to withstand harsh elements, both on land and on sea."

Ambajejus Boom House

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

"… convenience and comfort as well as elegance in structure outside and the laying out of the grounds." His journal describes the school exteriors…"

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."

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…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"Guilford High School Basket Team, 1929Guilford Historical Society In between the 1920s and 1940s the basketball team was not that great but they…"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"… crucial participant, and intensified the overall structure and requirements of the program--but it was the work of these original three pilot…"

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… crucial participant, and intensified the overall structure and requirements of the program--but it was the work of these original three pilot…"

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…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Carleton before the fire destroyed the structure in 1851. Probably built by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building…"

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

"… were 18’ X 26’ rectangular one-and-one-half story structures with square-pitched cedar-shingled roofs."

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

"The Knox Hotel, a wood structure with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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