Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"Post Office and Fire Station Hallowell Post OfficeHubbard Free Library Judy Longfellow, Post Woman written by Sam Gilbert Q How old were you…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Bath was incorporated as a town in 1781 while Maine was still part of Massachusetts. The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… went by before a woman served in a municipal office. In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending School Committee."

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

"The second floor contains a hall and meeting room used for town meetings and community events. In the Levensaler Block, on the adjacent corner, the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"A small office building sat below his house on East Main Street, near the house of Jonathan Cilley, at one time one of his students."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… come to the house; you wouldn’t have to go to an office like you do now. Were your parents strict? At times they were strict."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… in East Thomaston, Sagurs filed papers at the law office for the arrest of Atticus as a runaway slave and had D.N. Piper search Mr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of Major General John Thomas of Massachusetts, an officer who died the preceding June at Fort Chambly, Quebec, and who was an acquaintance of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… center and western wing of the prison, consuming offices and the guardroom, along with the Warden’s brick dwelling."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until 1837. When the newly-named Strong Post Office moved to a three-story…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… Captain John Bradford Rider, an artillery officer in the Revolution, built many of the houses for General Knox."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"Carl Stinchfield, an officer of Strong Historical Society, was born and raised in Strong. Although he left for 28 years, he returned to the family…"

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

"… and four MSAD 58 schools, as well Strong town office building, have switched to pellet boilers, and the mill contributes significantly to the…"

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

"… brought the mail from the train to the post office. Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"Ruggles law office, stood just below to the east. His wife’s sister married the Honorable John O’Brien, who owned the marble manufactory at Mill…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Applebee, a retired U.S. Customs Officer, gave a talk on Thomaston’s shipbuilding years, based on his research at the time, in which he provided the…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair Guilford Town Office – The administrative office for the town; lent a hand with the historical narrative and other…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Moses, John Calvin Stevens, Officer Merrill, and Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington. Galen C. Moses funded the YMCA, provided funds for the 1889 building for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Topsham, County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County…"

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

"… 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 connecting from…"