Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"We do know the stream was renamed Vaughan Stream after the Vaughan Family inherited it from Benjamin Hallowell's family in the late 1700's."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"J.G. Deering was eventually renamed J.G. Deering & Son Company once Joseph G. Deering’s son Frank Cutter Deering joined the business."

Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… members of the Worster Family took over the Old Hallowell House, renaming it the "Worster House". Next steps in the stroll through Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"In 1878 George Fuller renamed the Iron works “George Fuller and Sons” while he worked with his sons."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"They renamed it the Presque Isle Memorial Works. In 1987, they relocated the business to a spot between Main and Park Street."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… school was repurposed as a middle school and was renamed Cunningham Middle School in honor of Franklin Cunningham, a former principal."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"The church was renamed in 1957 to honor the Reverend for his outstanding leadership in the church community."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Then in 1929 it was renamed Acadia National Park and now protects almost half of Mount Desert Island."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… started a salmon farm that was obtained and renamed Island Aquaculture by a local group in 1993."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… approval on Wednesday, December 9, 1997, to the renaming of the Garland Street Middle School to the William S. Cohen School. U.S."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… to the Premoid Corporation (now Preco), which renames the mill Lincoln Pulp & Paper. It began to specialize in deep-dyed tissue, a specialty in the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… Day continues as a national tradition but became renamed Memorial Day. In its early days, the GAR limited its activities merely to fraternal…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"It became incorporated in 1833 and was renamed Byron after the well known poet Lord Byron, who had just come from England to visit America."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"In 1935, he renamed the business to “Peter H. Carney.” In 1948, Milton, his son, returned from WWII to help his father Peter."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine Legislature renamed East Peak on Bigelow Mountain as Myron Avery Peak."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… George Waymouth, an early English navigator, renamed the river the Georges—often interchanged with the St."

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

"The original building was renovated and renamed the Prince Room, and is now used as a community meeting space."

Abbe Museum

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland in 1902, renaming it the Samoset Hotel. That year Wilkinson provided the Rickers with a dramatic pencil…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"At this time General Veazie renamed it the Bangor, Old Town and Milford. He continued to run the railroad until his death on March 12, 1868."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Champlain had renamed it Isle des Monts Desert, "Island of Barren Mountains" -- a name that stuck. And various European powers had squabbled for a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… hospital was Bangor General Hospital, later being renamed Eastern Maine General Hospital. After the hospital became more popular throughout the…"