Maine Memory Network

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

"… immigration has helped support a thriving public library, quality public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Old Town Hall and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The Sagadahoc County Courthouse…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"1850Blue Hill Public Library Sailing vessels were built in Blue Hill as early as 1792, but it was in the early 1800‘s that shipbuilding really took…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… X McArthur Public Library McArthur Public Library opened as the Biddeford Public Library in 1863; it was a city department and located in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"1865McArthur Public Library In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the in-migration of people from other cultures, such as the Irish and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"1907.Patten Free Library The Columbian Block, at 168 through 194 Front Street, consists of two similar buildings built in the Vernacular Italianate…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… Bradbury Bridge, Biddeford, 1921McArthur Public Library By 1910 Biddeford was the 4th largest city in Maine."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"1925Patten Free Library The Old City Hall was located on the northeastern corner of Water and Centre Streets in Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… at Bath Middle School Images from the Patten Free Library Patten Free Library The current railroad station, just south of downtown at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"1978Patten Free Library The construction of the Customs House, at 1 Front Street, south of Lambard Street, was started in 1852 and finished in 1858."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration between local schools, historical…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Bath Middle School With images from Patten Free Library Sagadahoc County Courthouse, 1997Patten Free Library The Sagadahoc County Courthouse…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Meet the Team

"… Middle School, and the Scarborough Public Library. Each team has brought a unique compliment of strengths and resources to the MCHP partnership in…"

Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… Bath Middle School Images from the Patten Free Library Where the Dreamland Theater was in Bath there is now a grocery store parking lot."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"1913Patten Free Library The Lincoln Block, located at 52, 54, and 56 Front Street, originally known as the Sagadahock Bank Block, was built in 1878."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Middle School With images from the Patten Free Library X The Hyde Block, currently known as Bath Savings Institution at 105-109 Front Street…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Middle School With images from the Patten Free Library Universalist Church construction contract, Bath, 1839Patten Free Library The Church…"

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

"… Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818McArthur Public Library After the Revolution was fought and won, life began again in Biddeford, along with another…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Swett Drugstore Bottle, Bath,ca. 1920Patten Free Library William Mains Bill, Bath, 1884 Patten Free Library In any city, a reputable drugstore…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(S) Pepperell Sheet Feb.1941: 24. McArthur Library Special Collections. (A) Pepperell Sheet Oct. 1947: 13. McArthur Library Special Collections."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library At the turn of the century Biddeford was a place of opportunity, of excitement, of possibility."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 11 of 17

"1864McArthur Public Library Soon after the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called nationally for volunteers, requiring Maine to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"at Saco & Biddeford, 1848Dyer Library/Saco Museum The cotton textile manufacturing industry became very significant in Biddeford once the Laconia…"