Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"… the congregation redid the basement into rooms to expand the activities within the church. In 1952, the Bethany Baptist Church members decided to…"

Abbot Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… was extended to provide a stage, two dressing rooms, and a store room below. Drapes were purchased and arranged so that the entire stage can be…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"1995 constructionPrince Memorial Library Young Adult Room (1996) The Prince Memorial Library Young Adult Challenge was launched on January 18, 1995…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Desert Reading Room, Bar Harbor, grew out of the town’s first club, the Oasis (founded in 1874) where men gathered to drink and talk."

Cary Library

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Lithgow Public Library

"The interior lobby and original stack room feature quartered oak pillars and elaborate woodwork. Grand fireplaces on the east and west walls face…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis until 1964."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… that the bridge was fast becoming unsuitable to meet the needs of the new cargo trucking industry."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"The first town meeting was called to order on April 6, 1801. Strong VillageStrong Historical Society Growth and Prosperity Strong grew and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… home of William Read, and he organized the first meeting with early settlers. Other ministers, including those from the Congregational Church, used…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Some people did not have rooms assigned. I think that some people shared rooms. I was busy with the cleaning while they were here."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"At that time, it had eight rooms, four bedrooms and one bath. It was heated by oil and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and…"

Milbridge Historical Society

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

"Attendance at LHS meetings declined over the next twenty years until only a handful of citizens turned out; but then the Society started to gain new…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"The first official meeting of the Lincoln Historical Society was July 8, 1935. At the time, Gertrude Mills was the secretary and Addie Pinkham was…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"- 1 p.m. Chase-Em-In Tea Room Chase-Em-In Tea Room, Guilford, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society Text by Jamie Libby and Chase Bouton…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the first house, the first room for Plantation meetings in their upstairs room, the first school, gave an acre of land for the first cemetery, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"They also didn’t have very many rooms to treat the patients or an operating room to do the surgery that was needed."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"It still has two bowling lanes in the back room. They are not working, but lanes are still there. They are open Thursday to Sunday and is the best…"

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

"… by vague boundaries drawn on paper in faraway rooms. Such conflicts form a key context for the documents that visitors and researchers will…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Windham Historical Society

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