view gallery |  Barrell Mill Pond Dam - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This marker details the history of this interesting dam built in 1726 to harness the tidal flow to power a sawmill and a gristmill at the confluence of Meeting House Creek with the import harbor near the mouth of the York River. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/7/2012 last visited: 10/11/2019 |
view gallery |  Candlemas Massacre - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This granite marker commemmorates the Candlemas Massacre of Jan. 24, 1692, when a band of Abenakis and Father Louis-Pierre Thury beset the settlement of York killing or capturing 300 colonists, and burning the town. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/6/2012 last visited: 7/22/2013 |
view gallery |  The John Hancock Wharf and Marshall Store - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers Here is an open museum where one can wander among the real-life displays in the old warehouse along the York River, and visit the art museum in the 1870 G.A. Marshall store. This marker gives background history of commerce on the York River. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/5/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Jefferd's Tavern - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This historic building, and example of colonial era hostelry, was originally built in 1754 on the old King's Highway in Wells, Maine. After falling into disrepair, it was dismantled and reassembled in 1940, and moved to the York town green in 1959. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/5/2012 last visited: 11/23/2012 |
view gallery |  York's Old Schoolhouse - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This old one-room schoolhouse was built in 1745, and was sold in 185o being subsequently used as a house and later a storage shed, and was moved. It was restored in 1935 as a historic site, and evnetually moved to this location on the town green. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/5/2012 last visited: 11/23/2012 |
view gallery |  The York River - York, ME
in Maine Historical Markers Here is an open museum where one can wander among the real-life displays in the old warehouse along the York River, and visit the art museum in the 1870 G.A. Marshall store. This marker gives background history of commerce on the York River. posted by: silverquill location: Maine date approved: 4/5/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Battery Blair - Cape Elizabeth, ME
in Maine Historical Markers Battery Blair is located in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. posted by: neoc1 location: Maine date approved: 10/19/2011 last visited: 10/19/2010 |
view gallery |  Portland Head Light Rededication - Cape Elizabeth, ME
in Maine Historical Markers A historical marker rededicating Portland Head Light on Greater Portland's 350th anniversary. posted by: neoc1 location: Maine date approved: 10/18/2011 last visited: 10/19/2010 |
view gallery |  Cushing's Point Memorial - South Portland, ME
in Maine Historical Markers An historical marker that pays tribure to the residents of a community that sacrificed their homes for the war effort during World War II. posted by: neoc1 location: Maine date approved: 10/13/2011 last visited: 9/16/2013 |
view gallery |  Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - Brunswick, ME
in Maine Historical Markers A plaque attached to the home of Civil War General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. posted by: neoc1 location: Maine date approved: 10/13/2011 last visited: 9/2/2012 |
view gallery |  The Ruggles House - Columbia Falls, Maine
in Maine Historical Markers A historic house and plaque in Columbia Falls, Maine. posted by: Canadianzombie location: Maine date approved: 6/29/2011 last visited: 6/29/2011 |
view gallery |  John Paul Jones Historic Site - Kittery, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This historical marker is located in John Paul Jones Park and commemorates the nearby site where in 1777 the U.S.S. Ranger was built and launched. posted by: Metro2 location: Maine date approved: 7/31/2010 last visited: 9/2/2012 |
view gallery |  The Province of Maine - Kittery, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This marker is located in John Paul Jones Park....near the Soldiers and Sailor Memorial and not far from the World War Memorial Bridge. posted by: Metro2 location: Maine date approved: 7/4/2010 last visited: 9/2/2012 |
view gallery |  Springvale Planing and Shingle Mill - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The site of Springvale's old Planing and Shingle Mill building. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/30/2010 last visited: 8/11/2014 |
view gallery |  Sears-Roebuck Shoe Factory - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The site of the old Sears-Rosebuck Shoe Factory. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/30/2010 last visited: 8/11/2014 |
view gallery |  Gowen Theatre - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The site of Springvale's old Gowen Theatre. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Springvale Print Works - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The historic site of Springvale's old Print Works. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  N.J. Pelletier's General Store - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The historic site of N.J. Pelletier's General Store. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/28/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Dirigo Block - Springvale, ME.
in Maine Historical Markers The site of the historic Dirigo Block. posted by: Strattonator location: Maine date approved: 6/23/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  45th Parallel Marker - Perry Maine
in Maine Historical Markers This marker is located on US RT 1 in Perry Maine. It is on the south bound side of Rt 1 posted by: nomadwillie location: Maine date approved: 10/27/2009 last visited: 7/5/2019 |
view gallery |  Millstone Plaque - Portland, ME
in Maine Historical Markers In Portland's Lincoln Park, there is a millstone with a plaque on it stating that it was from the wind mill that once stood nearby. posted by: NorStar location: Maine date approved: 9/20/2009 last visited: 8/17/2015 |
view gallery |  Friends (Quaker) Meeting House - Portland, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This plaque situated in one corner of the city park for Portland, told of how a speech by William Lloyd Garrison started the antislavery movement in Maine. posted by: NorStar location: Maine date approved: 9/20/2009 last visited: 9/27/2018 |
view gallery |  Fort Preble - South Portland, ME
in Maine Historical Markers A historic marker near the location of nearby Fort Preble posted by: cache_test_dummies location: Maine date approved: 9/14/2009 last visited: 9/16/2013 |
view gallery |  York County Courthouse - Alfred, ME
in Maine Historical Markers This historical marker is located on the grounds of the York County Courthouse in Alfred, Maine. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Maine date approved: 3/27/2009 last visited: 8/18/2015 |
view gallery |  First Parish Church, Unitarian Universalist - Portland, ME
in Maine Historical Markers The constitution of the State of Maine was drafted here. posted by: YoSam. location: Maine date approved: 11/18/2008 last visited: 9/27/2018 |
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