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On June 18, 1898, the Sanford Library Association was organized to provide library service to the people of Sanford. [4] Thomas Goodall, first president of the library association, allowed his School Street property to be used as a home for the library. [5] It opened for the circulation of books on December 31, 1898, and on June 1, 1900 the ...
The house was built in 1871 by Thomas Goodall, an Englishman who made his fortune in American textile business, and was then owner of the Goodall Mill in Sanford. At the time of this house's construction, the mill was a relatively small operation, but by the turn of the 20th century it was the area's largest employer, with a payroll of about 1,000.
In 1914, the Goodall family built Goodall Park, a 784-seat roofed stadium, now a treasured historic site. They also helped build the library, town hall, hospital, airport, and golf club. A bronze statue was erected by the citizens of Sanford in 1917 to the memory of Thomas Goodall. His effigy has a place of honor in Central Park. [9]
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Goodall successfully produced heavy, richly decorated plush mohair fabrics. The buildings Goodall constructed before 1882 have all been demolished, many of them during the modernization phase in the 1910s. The Goodall family operated the mills until 1953, when they sold them to the Burlington Mills Corporation. Burlington shut the mills down in ...
Louis Bertrand Goodall (September 23, 1851 in Winchester, New Hampshire – June 26, 1935 in Sanford, Maine) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from Maine from 1917 to 1921.
SANFORD, Maine — Last year at around this time, approximately 40 people were identified as homeless in Sanford, according to police Maj. Matthew Gagne. And now? The number is more than 200, ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Sanford, Maine" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .