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Subsequent owners were two generations of the Lufkin family (1873-1928) and the Richardson family (1928-1960). Both families were prominent in Brunswick affairs. In the 1960s the house had been used as the parsonage of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.*...
These two families came together in the marriage of Stephen Longfellow and Zilpah Wadsworth, who in 1807 would take up residence in the Wadsworth home at 489 Congress Street in Portland. Henry was eight months old then. He would live there until he left for Bowdoin College at 14, and he w...
The district encompasses over two hundred years, originating with large farmsteads and pastures. Each lot is derived from one of four large tracts controlled by early Camden families. Among the 85 historic properties are the Chestnut Street Baptist Church,photo above right, the Village Green, the ...
Other such examples of shipbuilding families were the Skolfields and the Morses. During the 18th and 19th centuries, wooden shipbuilding of this sort made up a sizable portion of the economy. Transportation Airports Portland International Jetport Maine receives passenger jet service at its two ...
During the War of 1812 Colonel William Oliver Vaughan, son of one of the earliest prominent families, became the Commander of the Hallowell militia, until his death in 1825. The local units trained hardily and muster day became an occasion for ceremony, exercise, music and pride. ...
. The associates including Sylvanus Scott, Isaiah Foster and Isaac Larrabee, took their families and came to Machias in April of 1763. Joel Bonney and Woodin Foster were hired carpenters to go along. Their small vessel arrived on the 20th of May 1763, anchoring first at the Rim in what ...
When Stone retired in the late 1860s, he returned to his native Maine from Boston and with his son, Uriah T. Stone, built the Italianate house for their families on Maine Avenue.* [See photos of Grant’s house and two of his neighbors above.] Leave a Reply Your email address will...