Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - South Lincoln schoolhouse, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"About 1878 a new school house was built about five hundred feet below the site of the first one. In 1896 it was decided to move this building into a…"

Byron Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… Norcross taught an exelent school in the yellow school house she was very much endeared to all her schollars." The area became largely Irish and…"

Lisbon Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… Locofoco System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House Mr. Teague Dancing School William Henry Harrison, Whigs Boman Holman singing school…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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

"… like the Little Red Schoohouse was?" Little Red School House part of the Lincoln Historical Society Museum X The Little Red Schoolhouse in…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Buildings included the Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and 151 barns."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… of historical material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully cataloged…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the taxing of real estate for the building of school houses, and repairing the same in districts where they are situated, and the town then defined…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"In 1912 this location became the North Guilford School House. It was taught by Gladys (Foss) Davis. In 1916 the Masonic hall and the Odd Fellows Hall…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"In 1969, the Guilford Middle School housed only grades sixth, seventh and eighth; today, the middle school houses fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"In 1884, a school house was situated near the Bluff because the local students had to travel too far to attend the Parker School in Pripet."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"For many years, Central Elementary school housed New Portland students from grades K-8. When Maine district 74 constructed Carrabec Community School…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Later a school house was built. John Elliot had built a tavern in 1807, it had a bar and liquor was sold for 3 cents a glass."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"North Guilford School House, 1912Guilford Historical Society A school was built in Guilford on the corner of High Street and Blaine Avenue."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Schooling School House, South Surry, 1900Surry Historical Society In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… located near the Clark homestead and the brick school house was built in 1845 with bricks from this yard. Herbert W."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"As the population continued to increase, more schools, houses, and shops were established. They were built with the lumber that could be bought from…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… 83 vessels more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"Services were held at school houses, but soon moved to Pinkham’s Hall as a more worthy place to hold them."