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The city of Biddeford is located on the south bank of the Saco River on the coast of southern Maine. Its central business district is located inland, opposite that of the city of Saco, which lies to the north. The two cities developed around this area due to its ideal location for textile mills, which, on the Biddeford side, are located just ...
The Biddeford–Saco Mills Historic District encompasses the historic mill complex that flanks both sides of the Saco River in Biddeford and Saco, Maine.It covers 38 acres (15 ha) of property adjacent to both cities' downtown areas which has seen industrial uses since the 18th century, and presently contains a collection of well-preserved 19th and early-20th century industrial buildings.
Town hall c. 1885. The first European to settle at Biddeford was physician Richard Vines in the winter of 1616–1617 at Winter Harbor, as he called Biddeford Pool.This 1616 landing by a European antedates the Mayflower landing in Plymouth, Massachusetts, (located 100 miles to the south) by about four years, a fact overlooked in much of New England lore. [4]
Fifth Street Store: Walker's (Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego), main store in downtown Los Angeles was also known as the Fifth Street Store since it was located at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, main store was founded in 1905 as Steele, Faris, Walker Co., later became Muse, Faris, Walker Co., and then finally Walker Inc. in 1924; opened ...
Biddeford Main Street Historic District; Biddeford Municipal Airport; Biddeford–Saco Mills Historic District; C. City Theater (Biddeford, Maine) D. Dudley Block; E ...
The Old Post Office is a historic former post office building at 35 Washington Street in Biddeford, Maine. Built in 1914, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture, and a prototype for post offices built in the following decades. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
Located in the summer colony of Biddeford Pool, the center operated from 1978 until closing in June 2023. [1] The building in which the center operated had previously been utilized as the Evans Hotel, Ocean View Hotel and as a young women's boarding school known as Marie Joseph Academy prior to being opened as the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center ...
Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit (or BSOOB) is the primary public transportation provider in the communities of Southern Maine in York County.The services encompass fixed bus routes in Biddeford, Saco, Scarborough and Old Orchard Beach, as well as an express commuter bus service operating between Biddeford-Saco and Portland. [1]