Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"These businesses existed largely to supply food and transportation to the Asticou Inn’s summer guests. The livery stable operation was short-lived…"

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"… Storms, and Fixing the City by Gabby Horse A stable maybe I am stuck and it is tight Help has come for me Boy In a dark tight space A faint light…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"A stable stood in the rear, the source of a disastrous fire in 1915 that destroyed the hotel and two business blocks on the south side of Main Street."

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"The stable that was occupied by Simmons! The Stearns had gotten crushed like an eggshell. A horse had gotten trapped inside a compartment made by…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A horse was trapped in the stable but later rescued. Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library Half of the Cotton Mill roof was…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Anxious to have a more stable organization, Massachusetts urged the inhabitants to be incorporated. During a plantation meeting held on January 10…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… Block - a wooden commercial block next to it, a stable and the Knox Hotel to its west. Both the Watts Block and Knox Hotel were immediately…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Harbor Horse ShowJesup Memorial Library A fine stable of horses carried great prestige among Mount Desert’s summer elite as did winning a ribbon…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The fire started in a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"A fire was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong had a livery stable in the center of town. Horses brought the mail from the train to the post office."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… telephone service linking four hotels, a livery stable, Bee's Store, and the local doctor. Soon an electric light company was set up that could…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"It was lost to fire in 1903, but part of the building was salvaged and relocated. The part of the building that remained is today operating as a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"The Knox Hotel, a wood structure with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."

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

"It had its own livery stable to help take guests to Caterpillar Hill, Newbury Neck, Blue Hill Mountain or Castine."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The blaze started at the Sagadahock Livery Stable where a careless person left a flame near the hay."

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

"The fire started in the stable connected to the Turner house. The stable and shed and the hotel was a total loss."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… garage, creamery, butcher shop, and livery stables. Dr. Charles W. BellStrong Historical Society A Legendary Doctor After Strong’s first…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Horses were cared for in the taverns' stables. The Buxton enterprises included an early post office, cooperage, and blacksmith shop. Samuel B."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… factories including a furniture factory, livery stables, hardware stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph lines and a telephone…"