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Historical Items

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Item 25818

Chase Memorial Sanatorium, Fairfield, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Fairfield Media: Postcard

Item 7523

Good Will students woodworking, ca. 1925

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1925 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 52502

Jaehne Shell House, Fairfield, ca. 1938

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1938 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 87908

Fairfield property, N. Side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lewis P. Fairfield Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 51231

14 Fairfield Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James Gibson Use: Greenhouse

Item 51229

14 Fairfield Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James Gibson Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150546

Library at Fort Fairfield, Fort Fairfield, 1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1912 Location: Fort Fairfield Client: Town of Fort Fairfield Architect: Coombs Bros. Architects

Item 150547

School Building at Fort Fairfield, Fort Fairfield, 1900-1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1903 Location: Fort Fairfield Client: Town of Fort Fairfield Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 150544

Hotel for Ft. Fairfield Hotel Co., Fort Fairfield, 1916

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Fort Fairfield Client: Ft. Fairfield Hotel Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French

George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Houlton and Fort Fairfield were the first to get rail service. The residents of Presque Isle, seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"Presque Isle, 2006. Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Though History. Fort Fairfield, Maine: C3creative, 2007."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… was purchased from Peterson’s Motor Mart of Fort Fairfield. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Through History."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.