Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… of the old, though this time they were hotels and motels and small inns, built in time to ride a wave of economic prosperity and the rise of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… spent nine days trying to run the Suburban Pines Motel in Windham without power while housing eight relatives, then when a guest was using a candle…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"It was a unique, one-hundred-unit pre-motel, a connected series of units that would later be typical of the modern motel."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"There are restaurants, shops, and motels that have come and gone over the years. In 1988, Mariculture Products started a salmon farm that was…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"… hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is here. Lincoln sold the papers and Bangor sold them; those towns are still here today."