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Postcard view of Water Street, Augusta, Maine, c. 1920. The Home originally opened as a private orphanage on April 10, 1899, in Augusta to care for children living on the streets or in financially unstable homes. Funded by donations from local residents, the institution provided food, clothing, and shelter for 28 children in its inaugural year.
The Winthrop Street Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area of Augusta, Maine encapsulating about 100 years of residential home development. The area features high-quality and well-preserved examples of homes from the early 19th to early 20th centuries, as well as two churches and the Lithgow Library.
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Augusta-Richmond was formed by merger of the independent city of Augusta, Georgia and Richmond County, Georgia. ... Shiloh Orphanage: December 30, 1996
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the orphanage shut down to the outside world for about two years, the Slades kept dreaming about their coffee shop and the children at Orphanage Emmanuel.
Bond Street is located at the northern edge of Augusta's early development, and was probably laid out about 1838. Bond Brook had been a source of industrial power since the 18th century, and the 1837 construction of a dam across the river (since removed), just upstream of Bond Brook, brought a wave of industrialization and population growth. In ...
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The Crosby Street Historic District encompasses a collection of well-preserved high-quality early 19th-century houses on Crosby Street and Crosby Lane in Augusta, Maine. Located on a rise overlooking the city's downtown, these houses were built by leading businessmen of the period, and are either Federal or Greek Revival in their style.