Maine Memory Network

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

"He feared the barn risked being tinder for the entire neighborhood had the hay inside ignited. The structure was therefore moved northwestward around…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"And then it would go back to the barn. And my grandfather I asked him this one particular day I asked him if I could drive the horses and he said yes…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"They had 10 teams and the horses were used for various jobs. The mills in Stockholm employed most of the people in town."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… that, "Saturday night may 12 1866 John Womans' Barn was set on fire E H Tebbets horse shed and 4 stores commencing at I W Pattens and running north…"

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

"An ell and large dairy barn were added in the 1860s creating a connected farm, which was a typical New England architectural style."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… the theater was owned by Mark Tuner and George Barnes of Presque Isle, and Newell Smith and Charlie Brooks of Ashland."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Even so, it was better than working your horses to pull out the logs, because the horses would wear out fast."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… of Dow’s farm; Dunstan, near the Dunstan trolley barn; and Bryants, the Scarborough-Saco town line. Trolleys carried both passengers and freight."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… gate designs for various uses, his ideal farm and barn structures, and a detailed illustration of a house he admired."

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

"… Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns. By 1902 they had 150 men working with a daily output of 50,000 shingles and 15,000 other…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The horse stumbled and plunged, throwing Mr. Trask directly over its head. Mr.Trask was thrown onto the ground, landing forcefully on his neck and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Barn raisings were the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty of good food."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… in blue hill] and other public buildings, 15 barns and sheds, 10 stern mouldings and heads, 230 coffins and 5 stores….” Fishing."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"A survey of the Colony in 1873 found that a population of 600 had cleared 1500 acres of land and built 130 homes and nearly 130 barns."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Stephen built his first barn in April 1785 and his framed house in 1788. Stephen Titcomb's Frame House Built in 1788.Farmington Historical…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… between the two buildings, is a large carriage barn. This was later the home of Attorney John P. White."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… meeting on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman. These worshipers were Baptists, who built the first house of worship on…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Gordon walk out behind the barn to his car. Keith noticed a white sheet of paper out of the corner of his eye. “Hey Pa, Mr."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"When the original Congregational Church was torn down in 1831 services were held in the new barn here at the invitation of the owner, Captain Enos…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… timbers from the old house and kept them in his barn on Orchard Street. (Once named Lady Katherine's and later named Green Acre) Harold’s son, John…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May 31-June 3, 1861…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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