Camden National Bank announced on Wednesday the donation of several buildings to Gardiner Main Street. Gardiner Main Street hopes the 19th-century buildings eventually will be redeveloped into studio and living space for artists and an expansion of the group's collaborative work space.

Gardiner Main Street director Patrick Wright walks on Wednesday through the third floor of a building donated to his group by Camden National Bank.

Gardiner Main Street director Patrick Wright walks through the office space Wednesday in a building donated to his group by Camden National Bank.

Gardiner Main Street director Patrick Wright surveys the Kennebec River on Wednesday from the deck of a building donated to his group by Camden National Bank.