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Stonewall Kitchen is a specialty food producer based in York, Maine, United States. The company was founded as a homemade products stall at a local farmers market in 1991 [1] and today sells in 42 countries. [2] They make items such as jam, chutney, jellies, grill sauce, cooking oil and mustard. [3] [4]
Frances Perkins National Monument protects the Perkins Homestead, also known as the Brick House, a historic homestead at 478 River Road in Newcastle, Maine.The 57-acre (23 ha) property, including its 1837 brick farmhouse, was designated a national historic landmark and national monument for its association with the life of Frances Perkins (1880–1965), the first woman to hold a position in ...
"Country stores" sold homemade jams, fruit preserves and penny candy. Common crackers are still made with the original recipe dating to 1828. [7] [12] Vegetarianism was practiced during the 18th and 19th century by individuals and families in Maine before the start of the modern vegetarian movement in 1817 in Philadelphia. [13] [14]
The Parsons Homestead stands on the east side of the rural island community of Westport, overlooking Greenleaf Cove; it is located at the end of Baker Road, off Main Road (Maine State Route 144). The house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a single-story ell extending to the rear. The main block faces east, and has a symmetrical ...
Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead is located south of downtown Hallowell on a property overlooking the Kennebec River, that is bounded on the north by Litchfield Road, the west by Interstate 95, the south by public lands containing regional schools, and the east by Greenville Street and small residential roads. The property covers nearly 200 ...
May 21—MARLBOROUGH — A new nonprofit thrift shop set to open in early June in the former Homestead Bookshop building on Main Street plans to reinvest all of its net income in the community.
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The Weston Homestead is set on the east bank of the Kennebec River, on a rural parcel at the end of Weston Road, north of the town center of Madison.It is a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled tin roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation.