Eighth Maine Regiment Building, Peaks Island, ca. 1895
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The Eighth Maine Regiment Building on Peaks Island, taken in about 1895. The building was dedicated in 1891 as a memorial to the Eighth Maine Regiment that served in the Civil War.
William M. McArthur of Limington, who was a colonel in the Eighth Maine Regiment, spent $12,000 to build the memorial.
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