Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office building. Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Islanders have fond memories and horror stories of school life before and after consolidation. Island teachers, like many small-town teachers of the…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"At 2:30 pm in the Town Hall, exercises were held, the highlights being the History by Henry Hudson, Esq., of Guilford and the oration by Rev."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the detail of how the stone was cut, set, and placed. Post Office & Custom House, Bath, ca. 1901Patten Free Library According to the 1851…"

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

"The Chase Hall in town also served as a place for people to gather. Movies were shown here, and dances were held almost every Saturday night."

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

"… court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town office."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… a total of 2,500 people with 880 of them coming from Rockland and other places along the Knox and Lincoln branch of the Maine Central Railroad."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… were becoming more popular and they needed more places to park downtown. Eventually, the building was torn down to make a parking lot."

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

"This hall was known as Chase Memorial Hall and when Mr. O.W. Chase died the building was left to the New Portland Lion's Club."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society The old Masonic Hall in Guilford was once located in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… road from the Wharff house is the Valley Grange Hall and seen through the back kitchen window, the Guilford Center Baptist Church."

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

"… court, jail, town office, general store, pool hall, barber shop, and a bowling alley. Later, the top floor of Eureka was taken off and one of the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… year, however, classes were held in the town hall. Within a few years of the second fire, the events of the Civil War called away so many…"

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

"A town meeting was held on September 19, 1972 at which time the town authorized the selectmen to negotiate with Fernwood Grange for the exchange of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… Fronk, Harvey Gilbert, Percy Gould, Thurlow Hall, Vern Hardy, Mertland Hillman, Hiram Hiscock, Tyler Hutchinson, Carroll Jones, Dana Knowlton…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Gary Gordon Memorial in front of the Masonic Hall/Town Office X Gary Gordon is a well-known man in his hometown of Lincoln, Maine."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… courts, a beautiful gymnasium, and a new assembly hall with a stage for putting on plays and other events."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as Lambert Hill Road."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Surry's Old Town Hall, built around 1828, (and later moved to its present site on the Surry Road) houses its collections, including a detailed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… reminded that a meeting will be held in the town Hall next Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of acting upon the question of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… second floor of the Parker School and at Union Hall (Community Hall), with eighty-two pupils enrolled altogether."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… Farmington State Normal School began in Beal's Hall, located in downtown Farmington, on August 24, 1864."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"