Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… and tin shop in the same building as his law office. In 1900 a contractor built E.A. Weatherbee’s Hardware store for Edward Albert Weatherbee…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library At midnight on December 12, 1954, the City of Bath converted to dial…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Topsham, County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Cotton Mill Office, Second Street, Hallowell, 1881Hubbard Free Library On March 15, 1890, people started to hear that the Cotton Mill was going to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Broad and Summer Streets containing dilapidated buildings left over from ship-building days, was purchased but improvement was delayed while the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Also, Aaron held many important town offices, and in 1848 Aaron was sent to the Maine Legislature. His son, Warren, was involved with the Aroostook…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"When Mrs. Pendleton took office, six schoolhouses were open, including two so-called free high schools."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1966 the town built a consolidated post office in a central location, and closed all other existing post offices."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Construction of a new office on the site of the old office began almost before the last ember died. Lincoln Area Hit by Flood Lincoln is a unique…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair Guilford Town Office – The administrative office for the town; lent a hand with the historical narrative and other…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… Turtle Head, had several small stores and a post office. Its young residents attended the Parker School."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"She quickly rose to 1st officer and on August 31, 1943 she was recommissioned in the WAC where she rose to the rank of Major before her release from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… Captain John Bradford Rider, an artillery officer in the Revolution, built many of the houses for General Knox."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"That was just offices. M.L. Hussey Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society The additions made in 1943 and 1991 were made…"

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

"… on West Broadway, next to the Lincoln News office, then it moved into the Corro House. The Corro House is one of the oldest houses in town, located…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"Weatherbee’s optometrist’s office is today. This hospital was important to the town of Lincoln because it served the people of Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Taylor, a supervisor from the Bangor office, was sent to Lincoln to help instruct people on how to operate the new switchboard."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of Major General John Thomas of Massachusetts, an officer who died the preceding June at Fort Chambly, Quebec, and who was an acquaintance of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"In 1907, it cost 5 cents. The office is now on West Broadway in Lincoln. A new building has been built, after a fire burned it down in November of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Walls floors and ceiling of office are wooden. Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to…"

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

"Trafton and Quimby were the officers of the Winterville Veneer Company which was dismantled in 1910 and re-erected in Stockholm, when the companies…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… in East Thomaston, Sagurs filed papers at the law office for the arrest of Atticus as a runaway slave and had D.N. Piper search Mr."