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Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, News
Can central Maine’s historic buildings survive for the next 250 years?
Many of the landmarks that give central Maine its character have stood for a century or more and were built to last.
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Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, News
Madrid’s Reeds Mill Church added to National Register of Historic Places
The 134-year-old church in Franklin County was added to the list in early June after a yearlong application process.
Posted inCommunity
Historic crane in Hallowell park deemed public safety hazard, will be removed
The wooden crane, discovered in an abandoned Augusta granite quarry in 1985, was installed in Granite City Park in 2014.
Posted inCommunity
History on the move: Historic Augusta building being relocated Sunday
The 6,200-square-foot, 3-story house at 15 Western Ave., a John Calvin Stevens design from 1899, will be driven through the middle of Maine’s capital city.
Posted inBusiness, News
See 3 historic riverfront mills in Maine that offer modern apartment living
Converted industrial properties in Biddeford, Lewiston and Skowhegan show what can be done with sturdy brick buildings and a little imagination.
Posted inMaine, News
Work gets underway to move historic Augusta building
Richard Parkhurst plans to move a 6,200-square-foot, 3-story historic house across Memorial Circle and onto a new lot to make way for a new Kennebec Savings Bank office building.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Kennebec Savings Bank, developer agree to move historic Augusta building
The bank had applied to demolish the 1899 John Calvin Stevens house on Western Avenue, but Richard Parkhurst’s last-ditch proposal appears to have saved it — if the move clears several engineering and permitting hurdles.
Posted inMaine, News
Hallowell’s oldest house to be restored, pending final agreements
Row House, the city’s historical preservation society, is fundraising for renovations to the 1792 Dummer House on Second Street.
Posted inFeature Obituary, Maine
Legendary Hallowell historian Sam Webber dies at 89
Webber served as city historian for nearly three decades after a career teaching at Hall-Dale High School.