Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Today, the Brick Inn houses many of the local college students, The present owners, much like the previous owners, have continued to maintain the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the district, the teacher boarding around from house to house in the district where he taught school."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… rebuilt, the former being enlarged and today housing the Town Offices, the Town Police Department and a commercial store."

Sebago Historical Society

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Lisbon Historical Society

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Leeds Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House Collection, while Zilpah’s is found at the Craigie-Longfellow House in Cambridge."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Moore's Ice House HallowellHubbard Free Library "It was a terrible job. Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible."

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

"“After all, the Corro house is one of the most historic buildings in town.” The town had purchased the Corro house with plans to expand the library…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"We know this house today as the Corro House, located on West Broadway where the Lincoln Historical Society is."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"In 1884, a school house was situated near the Bluff because the local students had to travel too far to attend the Parker School in Pripet."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel. And so that small cluster of houses started its transformation, too."

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

"Stephen Titcomb's Frame House Built in 1788.Farmington Historical Society Stephen Titcomb lived on the farm for 59 years."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… By July, 1808 the timber tower and a keeper’s house were complete though the exact date of first illumination is lost to history."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"Such houses were Joseph Corro's and Joseph Michaud’s houses. Monthly services were established at homes and reverends traveled far distances, even…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Bay View House Booklet, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society As was true at Ryder’s Cove, there were year-round residents at Hewes Point…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The tea house was mostly destroyed and is not here today. Guilford Hardware moved to the site around 1980 and suffered great damage during the flood…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby’s house on Transalpine Road. The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… didn’t exist back then people couldn’t build houses, and there would be no jobs, they would have to build houses from hand and they would have to…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… included the Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and 151 barns. The Colony Expands Into Neighboring Townships The…"

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

"In the fall of 1870, settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the inside and filled the chinks with moss to reduce draughts, and…"