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Androscoggin Mill Block

The Androscoggin Mill Block is an historic tenement house at 269-271 Park Street in Lewiston, Maine, United States. The two-story brick building was one of several built in 1866 by the Androscoggin Mill Company to provide housing for workers with families, and is one of only three such 19th-century buildings to survive in the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Description and history The Androscoggin Mill Block is set at the southern edge of Lewiston's downtown area, and about two blocks east of the canal from which the city's 19th-century mills drew their power. It is one of three nearly-identical buildings on the west side of Park Street, north of its junction with Maple Street. It is a two-story brick building, with a low hip roof and a granite foundation. Its main facade is four bays wide, and is symmetrically arranged, with two doorways in the center bays on the first floor, and sash windows in the other bays. The windows have granite lintels and sills, and the cornice is studded with Italianate brackets. The sides of the building have six bays of windows on each level. The interior of the building as built housed four units, two on each floor. Much of the original woodwork from the building's construction has been preserved, despite a variety of uses and the addition of indoor plumbing to the building. Due to rapid growth beginning in the 1850s, all of the major operators of mills in Lewiston began to build housing for their workers. Most of these facilities were little more than boarding houses, with single rooms and communal dining rooms. Of 44 known to have been built between 1852 and 1866, only five were found to be still standing by a c. 2000 survey. Two of those, built by the Continental Mill Company, were boarding houses that have since been converted to more conventional residential use. This building is one of the three surviving buildings built specifically to house worker families. They were built for the Androscoggin Mill Company by a prolific local master builder, Thomas Dresser Thorne. This building was sold by the company into private hands, and was owned by the city at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
Aroostook Centre Mall

Aroostook Centre Mall is a shopping mall in Presque Isle, Maine, United States. It opened on November 1, 1993. Shortly after its opening, the U.S. government announced the closing of nearby Loring Air Force Base, the region's largest employer. The mall contains J. C. Penney and Harbor Freight Tools as anchor stores. Kmart closed in August 2016. Former anchors Sears and Staples closed in early 2015. VIP Parts, Tires and Service moved into the Sears Automotive Center. Staples had opened in 2004, taking part of an anchor space previously occupied by Porteous. That Porteous store, closed in 2003, was the last in the chain. The 525,000-square-foot (48,800 m2) building is the third largest enclosed shopping mall in Maine. In June 2001, it was sold for $10 million (less than half of the appraised value) to brothers Eddie & Ralph Sitt of New York City. In August 2009, the mall updated its energy technology by moving towards more efficient heating, cooling, and ventilation systems. Sears announced the closing of its Presque Isle store in late 2014. Deb Shops closed in 2014, part of a nationwide liquidation. On January 19, 2015, the Maine Jump, a family entertainment center for children 12 and younger, closed, citing high rent and costs of doing business in the area. In early February 2015 the mall added a coin and hobby supply shop, Central Lakes Coin and Currency. As of 2017, the existing space where Sears used to be was being renovated for the retail store Harbor Freight Tools. In early November 2025, Ruby Tuesday closed. In January 2026, the mall lost its last national inline tenant, Bath & Body Works. In October 2017, the mall was scheduled to be auctioned off. With no bidder found, Wells Fargo took over the mall for $4 million. References External links Official website
Atkinson Building

The Atkinson Building is an historic commercial building at 220 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Erected in 1892, the six-story Romanesque style building was the tallest in the city at the time, and is still an imposing presence in the city's central business district. It was designed by Auburn architect Elmer I. Thomas to harmonize with the adjacent Lewiston City Hall (built 1890-92), and is one of its finest Victorian commercial buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Description and history The Atkinson Building is set at the eastern corner of Lisbon and Pine Streets in the heart of Lewiston's central business district. It occupies one-half of a lot on which the city's first city hall stood until destroyed by fire in 1890; the present City Hall was built on the other half of the lot in 1890-92. The six-story brick and stone structure presents five bays on Pine Street, three on Lisbon Street, and one angled at the corner. The principal ground floor commercial space, originally occupied by the Atkinson Home Furnishings Company, was entered via an entrance at the corner, and took up two bays on Lisbon and three on Pine Street, which are filled with plate glass windows. The third bay on Lisbon houses an entrance giving access to the upper floors, while the remaining bays on Pine Street house, which originally housed another doorway and a pair of small windows, have been replaced by plate glass, expanding the ground-floor retail space. A granite course separates the first and second levels. The second level bays are filled with pairs of sash windows, except the corner bay, which has a single window, and are topped by a band of brick and another granite course. The third and fourth levels repeat the arrangement of windows, with granite lintels topping each window. The fifth level windows are set in pairs in Romanesque arches, an echo of the Romanesque entrance arch to City Hall on Pine Street. The single window in the corner bay has a round-arch top. The arches are outlined in terra cotta, as are the pilaster-like piers which separate the window pairs. After another granite string course, the top level has the paired windows set in double arches, also outlined in terra cotta. The building's bricks are reddish in color, the terra cotta a lighter rust color, and the granite has a pink-red hue, and was selected from the same quarry in North Conway, New Hampshire that supplied granite for City Hall. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
Backyard Farms

Backyard Farms is an agricultural company, based in Madison, Maine, United States, specializing in massive greenhouses to produce vine-ripened tomatoes. It had been owned by Devonshire Investors, a Boston-based branch of Fidelity Investments but was sold in June 2017 to a Canadian produce company, Mastronardi Produce of Ontario. History The company was started in 2004. In 2007, the company's first 25-acre (100,000 m2) greenhouse was built in Madison, Maine, making it the largest building by volume in the state. It covers the area of 20 football fields. The 240,000 plants grow up to 10 feet tall and are projected to yield 1 million tomatoes each week. Their second greenhouse, connected to the first, was built in 2009. The combined area was then 42 acres (170,000 m2). Plants are grown in rock wool and pollinated by bumblebees that are kept inside the greenhouses. Rainwater that sheds off the greenhouse roofs is recycled to supplement the water used to irrigate the plants. Although the tomatoes originally had been a specialty variety called "Backyard Beauty", they had been replaced with other, undisclosed varieties. There had been plans for the operation to expand to include peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, herbs, and strawberries. References External links Official website
Bailey Island Bridge

Die Bailey Island Bridge, auch Cribstone Bridge genannt, ist eine historische Brücke in der Stadt Harpswell im Cumberland County im Bundesstaat Maine der USA. Sie ist von einer speziellen Konstruktion von aufgeschichteten Granitsteinen, die der Brücke Stabilität gibt, aber trotzdem die Gezeiten zwischen Orr’s Island und Bailey Island ungehindert durch die Wells Strait strömen lässt. Geschichte Bailey Island wurde in den 1720er Jahren besiedelt. Normalerweise störte sich die Bevölkerung nicht daran, mit ihren Fischerbooten zum Festland überzusetzen. Es konnte aber bei heftigen Stürmen vorkommen, dass die Insel wegen schwerer See nicht verlassen werden konnte. Bereits Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts forderten die Bewohner, den Bau einer Brücke zum nahe gelegenen Orr’s Island aber die starke Gezeiten zwischen den Inseln schlossen die Verwendung der damals üblichen Brückenpfeiler aus, die aus steingefüllten Holzkästen bestanden. Llewelyn N. Edwards, Brückeningenieur bei der Maine State Highway Commission, stellte 1923 eine ausgeklügelte Brückenunterkonstruktion für die Bailey Island Bridge vor. Er nutzte den schmalen Felsvorsprung zwischen den beiden Inseln, der nur an einer Stelle durch einen Kanal unterbrochen ist, auf dem er Granitplatten ähnlich einem Blockhaus kreuzweise aufschichtete und mit einem Betonbrückendeck versah. Der Granit ist schwer genug, um Wind und Wellengang Stand zu halten. Die Zwischenräume in der Konstruktion erlauben den Gezeiten mit geringer Behinderung durch die Brücke zu fließen. Weblinks Einzelnachweise
Bailey Island Bridge

The Bailey Island Bridge (also called the Cribstone Bridge) is a historic bridge in the town of Harpswell within Cumberland County in the state of Maine. History For many years, the residents of Bailey Island, Maine, advocated that a bridge be built to connect their island with Orr's Island. The town of Harpswell, Maine, which encompasses both islands, turned down the request. However, when the Maine Legislature drafted a law allowing the state and counties to fund bridge construction, a plan emerged to build such a bridge. A contract was signed in 1926, with construction beginning on the Bailey Island Bridge in 1927 and finishing in 1928. The engineer for the project was Llewelyn N. Edwards, bridge engineer for the Maine State Highway Commission. Design Design of the 1,150-foot-long (350 m) bridge was complicated by the tides in the area known as Will's Gut. It was decided to build a cobwork bridge, using granite slabs as cribstones, acquired from local quarries in nearby Yarmouth, Maine. The slabs allowed the tide to ebb and flow freely without increasing tidal current to any great degree. Some 10,000 tons of granite were used in the project. A concrete road (now part of Route 24) was built on top of the cribstones. Additions and recognition A sidewalk was added in 1951 and guard rails in 1961. The Bailey Island Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975; on July 19, 1984, it was recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The Bailey Island Bridge is reported to be the only granite cribstone bridge in the world. In 2009 and 2010, the bridge underwent reconstruction to repair cracked or sheared stones. During the repairs, a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) temporary bridge was placed alongside the cribstone bridge so that traffic could continue without disruption. On November 20, 2010, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and parade took place to celebrate the reopening of the bridge. The restored bridge maintains the dimensions of the original, and the replacement stones were obtained from the same quarry in Yarmouth that supplied the original. Photo gallery See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maine List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine References Further reading Maine Bridge History Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine History of Bailey Island Kathleen Clemons Photography of Bailey Island Bridge "The Cribstone Bridge". Explore Maine. Remember ME! Media. 2007. 13-minute documentary video describing the history and location of the bridge. External links Bailey Island Cribstone Bridge at Bridgemeister.com Bailey Island Bridge at Structurae Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. ME-5, "Bailey Island Bridge, Bailey Island, Cumberland County, ME", 16 photos, 2 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
Baker Island Light

Baker Island Light is a lighthouse on Baker Island, Maine, which is part of Acadia National Park. The light station was established in 1828 as a guide to the southern entrance to Frenchman Bay. The present tower was built in 1855; the well-preserved tower, keeper's house, and associated outbuildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Description The present light station includes four buildings: the tower, keeper's house, oil house, and fuel house. The tower and keeper's house were both built in 1855, the oil house is a small brick structure built in 1895, and the fuel house is a small wood-frame structure built in 1905. The keeper's house and tower were originally connected by a covered way. The tower stands at the high point of Baker Island, about 70 feet (21 m) above sea level. The focal plane of its lens is 37 feet (11 m) above its base. The brick tower had two windows in the stairwell, but these have been bricked over. The brick tower has an octagonal iron lantern house with a surrounding railing and walkway mounted on it, which is topped by a polygonal dome. When built, the station was given a fourth-order Fresnel lens. The keeper's house is a small L-shaped wood-frame building, with a gable roof and a brick foundation. Now finished in clapboards, it was originally clad in board-and-batten siding. There was originally a covered passage from the house's east end covering the short distance to the tower, but this has been removed. History The Baker Island station was established in 1828, and was the first along Maine's coast located in the general vicinity of Mount Desert Island. The light is an aid to navigation for reaching that island's major ports, including Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor. The buildings of the station are now owned and administered by Acadia National Park; the light itself is maintained by the United States Coast Guard. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine National Register of Historic Places listings in Acadia National Park References
Phare de Baker Island

Le phare de Baker Island (en anglais : Baker Island Light) est un phare actif situé sur l'île Baker, dans le Comté de Hancock (État du Maine). Il est inscrit au Registre national des lieux historiques depuis le 14 mars 1988 . Histoire L'île fait partie du Parc national d'Acadia. Le premier phare a été créé en 1828 pour guider l'entrée sud de la baie Frenchman. Il fut le premier phare du Maine, à proximité de l'île des Monts Déserts, la plus grande île de l'état, qui servait de guide pour atteindre les ports de Bar Harbor et Northeast Harbor. Le phare actuel, construit en 1855, comprend quatre bâtiments : la tour, la maison du gardien et les deux locaux à carburant. La tour et la maison du gardien ont été construites en 1855. Le local à pétrole est une petite structure en brique construite en 1895 et l'autre local est une petite structure à ossature de bois construite en 1905. La maison du gardien et la tour étaient à l'origine reliées par un chemin couvert. La tour se situe au sommet de l'île Baker, à environ 21 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer. La tour en briques avait deux fenêtres dans la cage d'escalier, mais celles-ci ont été murées. La tour en briques abrite une lanterne de fer octogonale sur laquelle sont montés une balustrade et une passerelle surmontée d'un dôme polygonal. Lors de sa construction, la station a reçu une lentille de Fresnel de quatrième ordre. Celle-ci a été remplacée par une optique de 300 mm fonctionnant à l'énergie solaire. L'ancienne lentille de Fresnel est exposée au Fishermen's Museum au phare de Pemaquid Point. La maison du gardien est un petit bâtiment à ossature de bois en forme de L, avec un toit à deux versants et une fondation en brique. Celle-ci appartient désormais au personnel du parc national. Description Le phare est une tour cylindrique en brique, avec une galerie et une lanterne octogonale de 13 m de haut. La tour est peinte en blanc et la lanterne est noire. Il émet, à une hauteur focale de 32 m, un éclat blanc de 0.6 seconde par période de 10 secondes. Sa portée est de 10 milles nautiques (environ 19 km). Identifiant : ARLHS : USA-028 ; USCG : 1-2045 - Amirauté : J0046 . Voir aussi Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Baker Island Light » (voir la liste des auteurs). Lien connexe Liste des phares du Maine Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques (en) Maine Lighthouses (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Eastern Maine (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Southern Maine (en) Maine - ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL) (en) Maine - Online list of lights (en) Baker Island Lighthouse - Lightphotos.net Baker Island Light - Lighthouse Explorer Portail des phares Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’océan Atlantique Portail du Maine (États-Unis)
Baker Mountain (ski area)

Baker Mountain is a small community ski area located in Moscow, Maine. It consists of five runs (3 beginner and 2 intermediate) and a T-bar lift. The ski area is on the southern end of Pierce Hill (el. 1,310 ft or 400 m), just north of its namesake, Baker Mountain (el. 780 ft or 240 m) It was started in 1930 by Allen Quimby Jr. Baker Mountain is run by its pass holders, who volunteer their time. During school vacations the club operates a ski school. History In the 1930s Allen Quimby Jr., operated a veneer mill in Bingham. An avid skier, Quimby put in the first rope tow at Baker Mountain; by the 1940s a second tow was installed. In 1968 the rope tows were removed and a T-bar was installed to bring skiers to the top of the open slope. References External links New England Ski History Page on Baker Mountain
Bangor Mall

Bangor Mall is a 60-acre (24 ha) shopping mall in Bangor, Maine, United States. Located off the Stillwater Avenue exit on Interstate 95, it serves as a shopping center for the surrounding Bangor area. Current stores include JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods. Previous anchors include Sears, which closed in 2018; Macy's (originally Filene's, which opened in 1998), which closed in 2017 and became Furniture, Mattress and More in 2018; and Porteous, which closed in 2003 and became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004. The former Sears space now stands condemned for building code violations after a convicted fraudster attempted to convert it into a used car dealership. Built in 1977 on a former dairy farm and opened in October 1978, the mall sits on Stillwater Avenue north of Bangor's central business district. It can be reached from nearby Interstate 95 via exits 186 and 187. In 1998, Filene's opened its store in the mall during the 1996-1998 renovation. Bangor Mall is managed by Namdar Realty Group, which acquired the mall for $12.6 million in 2019 after Simon Property Group defaulted on an $80 million loan. In October 2024, the City of Bangor filed a lawsuit against Namdar Realty Group over the mall's deteriorating conditions, citing concerns over the parking lot, sign damage, and failure to fix the roof causing leaks. One tenant, Ten Bucks Theatre, located in the former PacSun, announced it would be leaving the mall once their lease ends in March 2025, citing ceiling leaks destroying props and costumes, as well as a lack of consistent air conditioning as the reason. As of 2026, the space remains abandoned. In April 2026, Namdar declared their intention to sell the mall. The prospective owners, Bangor Marketplace and Residences LLC, have announced plans to renovate shopping spaces and transform dilapidated areas into condominiums and assisted living facilities. References External links Official website
Barker Mill

The Barker Mill is an historic mill at 143 Mill Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1873, this five-story brick mill building is one a relatively few in the state that has a mansard roof, and has a higher degree of decorative styling than other period mill buildings. It was the first major mill on the Auburn side of the Androscoggin River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is now residential housing. It was built in the Second Empire architectural style. Description and history The Barker Mill is set on the south bank of the Little Androscoggin River, a short way upriver from its confluence with the Androscoggin River. It is a five-story brick structure, 33 bays in width, with a mansard roof and a tower section that projects from its front (east-facing) facade. Its sash windows are general set in slightly recessed panels, separated by pilaster-like piers and horizontal bands. The roof has a bracketed cornice, and the steep portion of the mansard roof is lined with gable-roof dormers. The central tower is five full stories in height, with a reconstructed mansard-roofed sixth floor which also has gabled dormers embedded. The Little Androscoggin Water Power Company was formed in 1870 to exploit the water power provided by the Little Androscoggin at this point, to which end it purchased a large amount of land along the river. The river was dammed (the dam is just upstream from the mill building) in 1872, and the mill building, designed by Maine native Charles F. Douglas, was completed in 1873. It was named for the company's directing agent, C. I. Barker. The mill produced shirting, sheeting, and other woven textiles for many years. The building was converted to an affordable retirement community in 1979. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Androscoggin County, Maine References
Bear Pond (Hancock County, Maine)

Bear Pond is a lake in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is located less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the Washington County border, approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast of the summit of Lead Mountain, and 1.2 mi (1.9 km) northwest of Maine State Route 9 near the town of Beddington. The inflow to Bear Pond comes primarily from Bear Brook, which drains the southeastern slopes of Lead Mountain, which comprises primarily the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM), an experimental forest. There are two USGS stream gauges on the East and West Branches of Bear Brook. An unpaved road provides access to the BBWM from state route 9 and passes about 200 feet (61 m) from the eastern end of the pond. Bear Pond is surrounded by forest and is drained at its western end by the Little Narraguagus River. References
Becky's Diner

Becky's Diner is a diner on Commercial Street in Portland, Maine. It is located at the head of Hobson's Wharf on Portland's waterfront. History Becky's Diner opened in 1991 with an exception to the city's zoning laws prohibiting non-fishery businesses in the location. Owner Becky Rand, a mother of six, argued that fishermen needed a place to eat before and after work, which was lacking because of their unusual hours. Several years after opening, her success allowed for new hours to be added during the middle of the night on weekends. In 1995, Becky's added a dinner menu, being served from 4:00 AM to closing time (9:00 PM). Accolades In 2005, Becky's received coverage in Gourmet Magazine and a spot on Rachael Ray's Food Network program $40 a Day. The Portland Phoenix named it the Best Greasy Spoon of 2008. In 2016, the diner was featured in the Guy Fieri Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Thanksgiving episode. Rand made her sausage stuffing. In 2024, the opening scene of crime writer John Connolly's book The Instruments of Darkness was set in Becky's Diner. Notable patrons include Taylor Swift and former president Bill Clinton. References External links Official website Frommers