Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Sometimes, shingles and short lumber were put on top of the rafts. Even today, 185 years later, the first dam bed logs can be spotted when the water…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation for layering…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… shoes, toothpicks, bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles. While water provided the power, the forests and fields provided the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and starch making facilities, and wool carding…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials that has provided the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with other…"

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

"This was a good dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… fishing trips, numerous photographs and even the shingle that hung outside “Saint Anthony’s Cottage,” her modest house in town."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… working with a daily output of fifty thousand shingles and fifteen thousand different types of lumber a day."

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

"… had 150 men working with a daily output of 50,000 shingles and 15,000 other lumber. There were many crews working in the woods in the winter."

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

"… seven schools, two starch factories, five shingle mills, 305 houses, 362 barns, and 71 miles of roads."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… who figured importantly in the development of the shingle style of architecture. It had its own livery stable to help take guests to Caterpillar…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… could be harnessed for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything else that needed more power than could be supplied by men or…"

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

"He sawed long and short lumber, shingles, clapboards and other products in this mill. Mr. Elliott was not the only person with ideas of sawing, and…"

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

"… sad in the sight of a grandson of a shipmaster shingling the roof of a summer cottage for his livelihood and there was something sadder in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Settlers made and sold cedar shingles as well and some towns accepted the shingles as currency. As early as 1838, authorities were touting the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… for cabin construction and hand hewn cedar shingles were used for roofing. Everything from furniture to sleighs were made from the different types…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… with a rotary, planer, lath, clapboard, and two shingle machines. After being in business for a year, Gould replaced the saws and trimmers being…"