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Biddeford Pool is the site of Maine's first recorded permanent settlement, then called Winter Harbor (not to be confused with present-day Winter Harbor, Maine). In the winter of 1616-1617, Richard Vines, a physician, resided here as part of the colonization efforts of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, lord proprietor of Maine. An early village developed ...
Biddeford (/ ˈ b ɪ d ɪ f ər d / BID-if-ərd) is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. [2] The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks.
The James Montgomery Flagg House is a historic house in the Biddeford Pool area of Biddeford, York County, Maine.It was built in 1910 as the summer home of James Montgomery Flagg, a New York-based artist and illustrator known for political cartoons and the iconic World War I recruiting poster depicting Uncle Sam.
Biddeford: 31.8: 51.2: SR 208 south (Bridge Road) – Biddeford Pool: Western end of SR 208 concurrency: 37.1: 59.7: SR 111 west (Alfred Street) – Arundel, Kennebunk SR 208 ends: Eastern terminus of SR 111; northern terminus of SR 208: Saco: 38.1: 61.3: US 1 / SR 5 (Elm Street / Main Street) / SR 112 north (North Street) Southern terminus of ...
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 ...
Hills Beach is a seaside community in Biddeford, York County, Maine, United States, approximately 85 miles (140 km) north of Boston, Massachusetts. Hills Beach is a narrow stretch of sandy beach on the north side of Biddeford Pool [1] near the mouth of the Saco River and near the Saco Bay. The beach is protected by a breakwater on the north ...
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The John Tarr House stands facing east toward the Saco River at the end of Ferry Lane, roughly midway between downtown Biddeford and the Biddeford Pool area at the river mouth. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story Cape style timber-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, large central chimney, and clapboard siding.