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The Maine Historical Society was founded in 1822 and is the third oldest state historical society after the Massachusetts Historical Society and New York Historical Society. Influential members of the Maine Historical Society included many of Maine's Yankee businessmen, intellectuals, philanthropists, and political figures, including James ...
The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is a historic house and museum in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located at 489 Congress Street and is operated by the Maine Historical Society. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and administratively added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
This list of museums in Maine is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Non ...
June 12, 2024 at 8:15 AM. YORK, Maine — Maine’s earliest surviving structurally unaltered home is under the stewardship of the Old York Historical Society, thanks to a donation from the heirs ...
Maine Historical Society: Maine Historical Society: November 17, 1980 : 485 Congress St. The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. 51: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: January 26, 1990
Map of Maine's counties. There are approximately 1,600 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. State of Maine.Each of the state's 16 counties has more than forty listings on the National Register.
History of Maine. The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two hundred, measured from the advent of U.S. statehood in 1820. The present article will concentrate on the period of European contact and after.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]