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12915Pickering Square
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  • Places, Town
  • Bangor ME
Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.
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Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.
14153City of Bangor, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Bangor ME
13204Bar Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
14161City of Belfast, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Belfast ME
15331Village of Blue Hill
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  • Places, Town
  • Blue Hill ME
14151City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • Places, Town
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
14367Brooklin, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Brooklin ME
14816Brooks, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Brooks ME
13134Customs House, Eastport
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  • Places, Town
  • Eastport ME
The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.
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The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.
14160City of Ellsworth, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Ellsworth ME
14704Gloucester
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  • Places, Town
  • Gloucester MA
“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008
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“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008 [show more]
13400Ipswich, Massachusetts
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  • Places, Town
  • Ipswich MA
13452Town of Northeast Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
14159Village of Pretty Marsh
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  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh
14271Village of Somesville
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  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
The Village of Somesville i on the Registry of Historic Places as the Somesville Historic District #75000092.
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The Village of Somesville i on the Registry of Historic Places as the Somesville Historic District #75000092.
13408Sorrento, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Sorrento ME
13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
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  • Places, Town
  • Sanborn Map Company
  • Southwest Harbor
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
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This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
13526Village of Manset and Manset Shore
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
12222Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties
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  • Places, Town
  • 1854-05-10
  • Tremont
Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
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Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
14775Town of Tremont
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont
13206Village of Bass Harbor
Village of McKinley
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  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
Village of Bass Harbor
Village of McKinley
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The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
13364Village of Bernard
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Bernard
13409Seal Cove, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Seal Cove