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Starling Grange

The Starling Grange, now Starling Hall, is an historic former Grange hall at 2769 Main Street (ME 17) in Fayette, Maine, US. Built in 1879, it has been a fixture of the community since then. The Grange chapter disbanded in 1987, and the building has since then been owned by the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Description and history The former Starling Grange hall is located in the cluster buildings making up the village of North Fayette in north central Fayette. It is set on the east side of SR 17 just south of its junction with Baldwin Hill Road. It is a long rectangular 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is set on a sloping lot, with its basement partially exposed. There is evidence that the basement was used for horse stalls. The front facade is symmetrical, with a projecting single-story entry vestibule topped by a hip roof. Sash windows are located on either side of the vestibule, and on the second floor, with decorative hoods. The ground floor interior is divided into a small meeting room, kitchen, and dining room, with a mudroom at the rear, while the upstairs is dominated by a large meeting hall with a raised stage and square proscenium. The Starling Grange was organized in 1877, and the front portion of the present building was constructed in 1879. Due to large membership, the hall was enlarged in 1900 by widening and deepening; this alteration is visible in the post-and-beam framing of the original portion, and the balloon framing of the addition. The hall has served as a social and civic venue since its construction, and was adapted in 1953 to house the town library, which was established through the activities of the Grange chapter. The Grange was disbanded in 1987, and the building was deeded to the town. It has undergone rehabilitation, and is now maintained by a non-profit organization on behalf of the town. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References
Waldoborough Town Pound

The Waldoborough Town Pound is a historic animal pound on Main Street (Maine State Route 220) in Waldoboro, Maine. Built in 1819, the stone structure is an important reminder of the town's agricultural past, and one of a few such structures of its type to survive in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Description and history The Waldoborough Town Pound is located on the west side of Main Street, south of United States Route 1 and just north of the Waldoboro Historical Society museum. It is a roughly rectangular structure, measuring 45 by 55 feet (14 m × 17 m), with its short face oriented toward the road. Its walls are fashioned out of uncoursed rough cut dry laid fieldstone, with a cap layer of squared granite slabs that have been fastened into the wall by large hand-forged staples driven through hand-drilled holes. The single entrance to the structure is located at the northern end of the street facade, with a single large slab of granite acting as a lintel over the opening. The opening would have been enclosed by a wooden gate during the pound's period of use. Waldoboro's first town pound was a wooden structured erected in 1785, as a place to pen stray agricultural animals until they could be reclaimed by their owners. The present structure was authorized by the town in 1819, and fell out of use after the adoption of more scientific agricultural animal control practices. It is now owned and maintained by the historical society. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine References
Sturgis and Haskell Building

The Sturgis and Haskell Building is a historic commercial building at 180-182 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1867, it is one of a series of four Italianate commercial buildings built in the wake of a devastating 1865 fire. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Sturgis and Haskell Building stands on the west side of Water Street, Augusta's principal commercial downtown thoroughfare, at its southwest corner with Bridge Street. It is the northernmost of a series of four three-story brick Italianate commercial buildings, running south from that corner, which share a common roof line. The windows of #182 have round-arch headers, with a band of brick corbelling joining the arches. A second brick corbel stringcourse separates the second and third floors. The windows of #180 were originally like those of #182, but have been replaced by rectangular sash, and the rounded headers have been filled in. The building has two storefronts facing Water Street, while the Bridge Street facade has blinded round arches. All four of these buildings were built beginning in 1865, after a fire devastated Augusta's downtown. This building was designed by John C. Tibbetts, Augusta's preeminent architect of the time, and was built for Ira Sturgis and Erastus Haskell. It is the last of the building series to be completed. The building continues to see commercial use. See also Noble Block, #186 Water Street National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References
Vinalhaven Public Library

The Vinalhaven Public Library is the public library serving the island community of Vinalhaven, Maine. It is located at 6 Carver Street in downtown Vinalhaven, in a small architecturally distinguished Prairie School building built in 1906 with financial support from Andrew Carnegie. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Architecture and history The Vinalhaven Public Library stands near the eastern end of Vinalhaven's commercial downtown area, at the junction of Carver, Chestnut, and Main Streets. The building is a single-story structure, built out of quarry-faced granite and covered by a hip roof. The roof has extended eaves with exposed rafters, with a chimney rising near the left wall. The main entrance is in the center of the facade facing Carver Street, recessed under a round arch in a projecting section topped by a flat parapet. A high stringcourse runs beneath a narrow band of square windows on either side of the entrance. The interior has a central librarian's desk with flanking reading rooms, and original wooden shelving on the walls. Vinalhaven's public library originated in 1887, when Governor Joseph R. Bodwell, owner of one of Vinalhaven's granite quarries, made a pledge to provide space for a library if funds were raised to establish one. A private circulating library was added to this early collection in 1890, and was established in Vinalhaven's Memorial Hall in 1895. The present building was constructed in 1906, funded in part by a grant from Andrew Carnegie. It was designed by the firm of George A. Clough and Herbert L. Wardner, and is the only Prairie School library design in the state. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Maine List of Carnegie libraries in Maine References
Vickery Building

The Vickery Building is a historic commercial building at 261 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built 1895 to a design by John C. Spofford, it is one of the downtown's few granite commercial buildings, built for Peleg O. Vickery, a leading publisher and three-term mayor of the city. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Description and history The Vickery Building stands on the east side of Water Street in downtown Augusta, just north of the Doughty Block, and opposite the Key Plaza. It is a four-story masonry structure, with a three-bay granite facade decorated in a commercial Italianate style. The ground floor has a central recessed entrance flanked by Ionic columns, with display windows on either side, framed by wooden elements with panels above. Second-floor window bays are articulated by paired fluted pilasters and topped by pedimented gables. Third-floor windows are set in rectangular openings surrounded by keystoned arches set on capitals that top the paired pilasters of the second level. The fourth floor bays each have two sash windows in simple openings, and the building has an elaborate cornice topped by a decorative parapet. The Vickery Building was designed by John C. Spofford, an architect from Boston who had several notable commissions in Maine, including one of the Maine State Capitol wings. It was built for Peleg O. Vickery, who was one of the city's leading publishers, and served three terms as its mayor. This building was built by Vickery as a business investment, and continues to see commercial use. See also National Register of Historic Places in Kennebec County, Maine References
Old Waterville Post Office

The Old Waterville Post Office is a historic post office facility at 1 Post Office Square in central Waterville, Maine. Built in 1911, it is a fine local example of institutional Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and presently houses a restaurant and brewpub. Description and history The Old Waterville Post Office stands prominently on a triangular parcel of land formed by Main and Elm Streets at the northern end of Waterville's commercial business district. It is a single-story masonry structure, in the form of a bent rectangle, presenting secondary facades to the two roads. Facing toward their intersection is a rounded projection, fronted by a colonnade of Corinthian columns supporting an entablature. The building corners have Corinthian pilasters, supporting continuations of the entablature around the building. The rounded section is covered by a circular domed roof section topped by a lantern structure designed in emulation of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, while the remainder of the building roof is flat. A low flight of stairs rises to the two main entrances in the curved section, set in elaborate surrounds with bracketed entablatures. The post office was designed by James Knox Taylor, then head of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury Department, and was completed in 1911. It is one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture from the early 20th century. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine List of United States post offices References External links Mainely Brews, the current occupant
Waterville Main Street Historic District

The Waterville Main Street Historic District encompasses the best-preserved portions of the historical commercial downtown area of Waterville, Maine. Developed most intensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area was the center of commerce for Waterville and the surrounding rural communities. It encompasses 25 properties on Main and Common Streets, including the Waterville Opera House and City Hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, and was slightly enlarged in 2016. Description and history The downtown area of Waterville is located on the west bank of the Kennebec River, about 20 miles (32 km) upstream from the city of Augusta, the river's highest point navigable by ocean-going vessels. Waterville developed as an industrial center in the second half of the 19th century, following the arrival of the railroad in 1849. Mills were built south of the downtown area, and residential areas grew to the north and west. The city's most rapid period of growth was between about 1890 and 1920, when many of the brick commercial buildings lining Main Street were built. Castonguay Square, a grassy park on the north side of Common Street and south of City Hall, was laid out in 1796, when the area was still part of Winslow. It is named for a soldier killed during World War I, and features a German cannon from that war, as well as a commemorative marker of Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec, which took place during the American Revolutionary War, when this area was largely undeveloped. The district includes two blocks of Main Street, between Temple and Spring Streets, as well as Common Street and Castonguay Square. Most of the buildings in this area are commercial brick buildings, and most have fairly typical Late Victorian commercial styling. The Opera House and City Hall, a single building on the north side of Castonguay Square at the corner of Front Street, is a fine example of Colonial Revival architecture, and continues to serve the community as an entertainment venue and municipal center. The Krutzky Block, located at the southeast corner of Common and Main, is a distinctive small block with Spanish Revival and Arts and Crafts elements. The 1936 Federal Trust Company building (25-33 Main) is the district's only example of Art Deco architecture. The district's oldest building is the 1836 Ticonic Row (8-22 Main), which exhibits Greek Revival features overlaid by alterations made in the 1920s. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References
Whitehouse Block

The Whitehouse Block is a historic commercial building at 188 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1865, it is one of a series of four Italianate commercial buildings built in the wake of a devastating 1865 fire. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Whitehouse Block stands on the west side of Water Street, Augusta's principal commercial downtown thoroughfare, just south of its junction with Bridge Street. It is the southernmost of a series of four three-story brick Italianate commercial buildings, running south from that corner, which share a common roof line. The building has a projecting modillioned cornice, quoining at the corners, and a storefront with recessed entry. Second floor windows have rounded hoods and bracketed sills, while those on the third floor have more elaborate hoods. All four of these buildings were built beginning in 1865, after a fire devastated Augusta's downtown. This building was designed by Francis H. Fassett, Maine's preeminent architect of the time, and was built for O.C. Whitehouse, a dry goods merchant. He operated his store out of the building's second floor, while the first floor had as early tenants the Augusta Savings Bank and the United States Pension Agency. The third floor was occupied by fraternal societies. The building continues to see commercial use. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References
Williams Block

The Williams Block is a historic commercial building at 183-187 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine. Built in 1862, it is the only remaining building south of Bridge Street to survive a devastating 1865 fire, and one of a small number of surviving commercial buildings (of many) designed by Francis H. Fassett. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Description and history The Williams Block stands on the east side of Water Street, Augusta's principal downtown thoroughfare, a short way south of its junction with Bridge Street. It is a three-story brick building, six bays wide, with a flat roof and projecting cornice. The ground floor is divided into two storefronts, each with a recessed entry and large display windows; one of them also has an original broad band of transom windows above. The upper floor bays are divided into groups of three, articulated by pilasters. The windows are set in rounded-arch openings, with keystoned molded hoods, and bracketed lintels that are joined together within each group. The block was designed by Francis H. Fassett, then Maine's leading architect. It was built for Reuel Williams, then one of Augusta's leading businessmen and politicians. Although Fassett designed many buildings in Augusta, many of the commercial ones were destroyed in the 1865 fire, and this is the only one to survive. Fassett is credited with several early post-fire buildings in Water Street, some of which are located across the street from this one. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine References
John E.L. Huse Memorial School

The John E.L. Huse Memorial School is a historic former school building at 39 Andrews Street in Bath, Maine. Built in 1942, it is one of a small number of schools built in Maine with federal funding provided under the World War II-era Community Facilities Act. It was closed in 2006, and has been converted to residential use. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Description and history The former Huse Memorial School building stands in a residential area west of downtown Bath known as Hyde Park Terrace, which was also part of the federal construction program to provide facilities for defense industry workers during World War II. It is basically a long two-story rectangle, with an enlarged auditorium wing at the left (southern) end. The exterior is unadorned brick, with windows that are mainly late 20th-century replacements of original double-hung wood frame windows. The northern end of the building is a 1949 addition, whose features included more distinctive Modern touches, including the use of glass blocks. The school was built in 1942 to a design by Alonzo J. Harriman, an architect who was a native of Bath and a graduate of Harvard University. It was built by the federal government under the terms of the Community Facilities Act of 1940 (also known as the "Lanham Act"), which provided for the construction of housing and other facilities for workers in defense industries critical to the war effort. The demand for workers at the Bath Iron Works overtaxed the area's housing supply, and the Hyde Terrace subdivision was one of several built by the government to address the housing shortage. The Huse school, named for Bath native John Huse, the city's first casualty of the war, was built to provide schooling to the children of the new development. It was turned over to the city in 1948, and used as a school until 2006. The building has been adapted to contain residential units, with a new wing added. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Sagadahoc County, Maine References
Académie Saint-Dominique

L’Académie Saint-Dominique est une institution américaine privée d’enseignement catholique, située à Auburn et à Lewiston dans le Maine, et dans le diocèse de Portland. Elle offre une éducation de niveau primaire et secondaire pour les adolescents de Lewiston-Auburn. Elle fait également la promotion du français dans un environnement anglophone. L'école récolte des financements des neuf paroisses environnantes. Historique L’école a été fondée en 1941 dans le but de donner une éducation catholique pour les jeunes du centre de l'État du Maine. Elle a été l’idée du Père Hervé Drouin, père dominicain pour la paroisse de Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul à Lewiston. L'ancienne école était située au club Dominicain sur la rue Barlett à Lewiston. Elle fut administrée par les Frères du Sacré-Cœur. Le père Drouin entreprit la construction d'une aréna pour pouvoir financer son école avec les profits générés. La communauté l'appuya avec des contributions en terrain, machineries lourdes, et de main-d'œuvre. En même temps, la paroisse commença une quête appelée La Marche des Dix Sous pour aider à financer l'école, qui dura quinze ans. Les premières classes ont eu lieu en 1945. Cependant en 1956, l'aréna prit feu et fut détruite. L'aréna fut reconstruite à l'endroit même ou la nouvelle école devait être construite. En 1966, sans nouvelle école comme prévu, les sœurs dominicaines ne pouvaient plus offrir leurs services. Le financement demeura un problème pour plusieurs années à venir. Les années 1970, 1980, et 1990 ont vu la diminution des enseignants religieux remplacé par des enseignants laïques. Les derniers Frères du Sacré-Cœur partirent en 1995. Les frais de scolarité et le curriculum augmenta pour répondre aux besoins manquants. Nouvelle École À l'automne de 1998, les plans furent annoncés pour la construction d'une nouvelle école. Sous la direction du Père Joseph Gerry, (OSB, Dph, D.D.), un comité fut établi pour lever des fonds. Le 8 août 2000, fête de saint Dominique, la construction commença. Plus de 300 individus participèrent. L'école Saint-Dominique fut construite sur un terrain de 68 acre, don de M. et Mme John Schiavi. Après plusieurs mois de construction, la nouvelle école fut inaugurée le 6 janvier 2002. Académie Saint-Dominique Dès l'automne, 2010, l'école secondaire Saint-Dominique se nommera désormais l'Académie Saint-Dominique. Les classes de la première à la sixième année seront sur le campus de l'école Sainte-Croix à Lewiston, Maine, celles de la septième à la douzième année sur le campus actuel à Auburn, Maine. Liens internes Diocèse de Portland Références Portail du catholicisme Portail des Franco-Américains Portail des écoles
Mt. Abram Regional High School

Mt. Abram Regional High School (Mt. Abram) is a public school located in Salem Township, Maine, United States. It is a part of Maine School Administrative District 58, and is the only high school in the District. History During the early 1940s a study investigated unifying the high schools of the area. Consultants were brought in to address the feasibility of the issue. In 1966 the local towns voted to form a school administrative district. On July 22, 1966, the Articles of Organization was issued by the State Department of Education, and on August 8, Maine School Administrative District No.58 became operative. On the same day, the Board met and elected Carroll Edgerly of Kingfield, Maine, as Chairman, and David Spaulding of Eustis, Maine, as Vice-Chairman. On September 9, 1968, the contract was given to Fred F. Merrill in order to construct the Mount Abram high school. The building was fully prepared in the first week of November 1969. Elected by each school's student body, a committee of members from each school was elected to select a name and a school emblem for Mt. Abram. Suggestions were given by each school to this committee. Several names and emblems were selected from the list; the selected names were put on a ballot for the students to select the emblem. The balloting process led to the choice of the school's mascot and name as the Looney Tunes Road Runner. Budget Mt. Abram's deficit has increased since 2010, with the approximate debt of the district being $6,000,000. Several attempts to lower the deficit have taken place; however, most have failed. A protest took place on May 19, 2015 to protest the current budget situation. A $14 operating budget was proposed for the 2015–16 school year. Despite the previously mentioned attempts to lower the budget, an increased total of approximately $9.7 million was proposed in tandem with the hiring of a new school superintendent and increased faculty. An actual budget of $9.4 million was approved by voters in June of that year. References External links Official website MSAD 58