Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Training School, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… in March of 1927 and was replaced soon after by a brick structure. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move, expand, or morph into new uses or entirely new structures."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"… The Congregational Church was the first church structure in the City of Presque Isle. It was a plain white building with a bell tower and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… recycling, moving, and reincarnating our older structures. An adept and skilled backhoe operator can efficiently dismantle a 1,500 square foot…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… shipbuilders, men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to withstand harsh elements, both on land and on sea."

Ambajejus Boom House

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… the house is new the front retains the original structure, as seen in its low ceilings. It is known by some as the oldest surviving home on Swan's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"… convenience and comfort as well as elegance in structure outside and the laying out of the grounds." His journal describes the school exteriors…"

Nylander Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Savage and family would move many structures around the Savage portion of Lot 67, likely by rolling them on logs or skids and with the help of family…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block piers and abutments supporting five timber kingpost trusses."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"The town retains a handful of 18th century structures and about 400 original 19th century structures - including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"In the 18th century, the religious and racialized supremacy laid out in the Doctrine of Discovery was just becoming structured enough so that Indian…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… hall; they continued until the burning of the structure. Guilford High School Basket Team, 1929Guilford Historical Society In between the…"

Guilford Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure. Martin wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"The loose fronted structure and inner bodices suggest use during pregnancy. Recent scholarship points to the possibility that the most sophisticated…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"… have required some sort of specially shaped and structured bustle support. Numerous elaborate, heavily trimmed bustle and trained wedding dresses…"

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

"… were 18’ X 26’ rectangular one-and-one-half story structures with square-pitched cedar-shingled roofs."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… 40 pounds and the glass for the windows if the structure was completed within that year. The town’s first meeting house, known as the Town or…"

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."

Thomaston Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Carleton before the fire destroyed the structure in 1851. Probably built by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"… crucial participant, and intensified the overall structure and requirements of the program--but it was the work of these original three pilot…"