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Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, Maine, circa 1897
No full textThe original Bangor Auditorium, presumably around completion in September or October 1897. Carpenters pose with their hammers and other tools. Located at corner of Main Street and Buck Street in Bangor, Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1139/thumbnail.jp
The Penobscot Exchange
Get PDFThe Penobscot Exchange Hotel on Exchange Street in Bangor, built in 1827 and remodeled a number of times, was a popular hotel in Bangor\u27s history. Its proximity to Eastern Railway Station on the Bangor waterfront appealed to travelers. Fred G. Moon and James W. Cratty were the proprietors beginning in 1897 (according to the 1897-98 Bangor City Directory). This pamphlet is not dated, but date is estimated to be between 1897-1910 (Bangor city directories for this period indicate Moon & Cratty as proprietors). The pamphlet describes the accommodations offered and has several pictures of the rooms.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1260/thumbnail.jp
Thomas Hill Standpipe and Bangor Children\u27s Home, Bangor, Maine, circa 1897-1910
No full textThomas Hill Standpipe and Bangor Children\u27s Home are two visible and still existent structures in this photograph from turn of the 20th century Bangor, Maine. There is not date on this photograph. However, the Standpipe was completed in 1897, so date cannot be earlier. A close look reveals power lines slightly right and down from the standpipe.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1176/thumbnail.jp
Niben Bicycle Club Trail
No full textFrom the November 28, 1924, Bangor Daily News:
A little investigation of the history of the Niben Club, Bangor\u27s famous suburban resort in the \u2790\u27s, recalled by the burning of the club house recently (November 11, 1924), shows that the club was organized July 13, 1897.
Edward Stetson, Charles D. Crosby, and Hiram H. Fogg were appointed at committee to select a site and the land owned bu the late Hon. William Engel at the foot of Pushaw lake was secured. Of the purchasing committee, Mayor C.D. Crosby is the only one now living ...
... The picturesque old Veazie railroad bed was secured for a bicycle path, from Milford Street to the county road from Stillwater to Essex Street in Bangor. The distance from the lower end of this path to the county road which was used at first for the ride to the Niben Club roadway was 5.7 miles. From the path to the Niben Club private road the distance was about 1.1 miles and it was nearly a mile from the county road to the club house through attractive woods, over a winding roadway, with a bicycle path at the side.
At the head of the bicycle path on the old Veazie railroad bed there was a rustic structure as a resting place for tired wheelmen, or for picnics, and it was known as Saints\u27 Rest. Farther down the path there was another rustic bower with shelter for those desiring only a short run, and this was designated Boffin\u27s Bower.
The bicycle path was surveyed accurately and mile posts set up. It offered opportunities for century runs, a great stunt in those days of bicycling, with digressions to other roads for variety\u27s sake. The path was kept in fine condition and at the lower end was a locked gate with Capt. Wheeler in charge, only members or friends with visiting cards being admitted to the path.
Capt. Wheeler is presumably the man with the hat and cane. In the 1899 Bangor city directory William L. Wheeler is listed as gate tender Niben Club. Another man stands with what looks like a rifle. Was the gunman there to enforce the rules of the club?
Estimate of time frame based on Bangor city directories. Wheeler last listed as living at 327 Grove Street in the 1910-11 Bangor city directory.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1135/thumbnail.jp
1895-96 Bangor and Brewer City Directory
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New England Tourist, Volume 2, No.2, August 1896
Get PDFIn devoting this number of the TOURIST to scenes that appeal to the yachtsman, we are sure we shall receive the thanks of all who love the pleasures of boating.
These pleasures largely depend upon the course, and where is there a more ideal sailing course than the forty miles in Penobscot Bay between Owl\u27s Head and Fort Point? The channel is from four to ten miles wide, very deep, and free from shallows or rocks. There are fine harbors every few miles, where the anchor can be dropped, and hotels are so frequent that every night can be spent on shore enjoying the social amenities which are always extended to yachtsmen. No class of visitors are so welcome as they, or more cordially entertained. This whole region is a paradise for boating men, and during August its waters are alive with the white sails of the yachts. The cruise usually ends at Bar Harbor, but the favorite anchorages are at Rockland and Camden. The view on the outside cover of this number of the TOURIST shows the fleet of the Eastern yacht club anchored in Camden Harbor in the lee of Sherman\u27s Point.
A fantastic source of information and photographs about sailing and vacationing in the Penobscot Bay area from Bangor to Belfast to Camden to Rockland and many more points along the way.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1344/thumbnail.jp
Interior of St. John\u27s Episcopal Church, Bangor, 1895
No full textSt. John\u27s Episcopal Church was built in 1835-36, consecrated in 1839, and was designed by Richard Upjohn, who would go on to design Trinity Church in New York City and St. Paul\u27s Cathedral in Buffalo. St. John\u27s was the first church he designed, the first Gothic Revival style church in Bangor, and is perhaps the finest example of a Gothic Revivial church in Maine. This photograph shows the interior, with fine ribbed vaults and raised galleries, and the chancel, added in an expansion in 1863, decorated for Christmas in 1895. The large window was contracted with the Tiffany Company and shows decorative designs and Christian symbols, including the lamb and cross of St. John. The original building was wooden, and the window burned along with the church in the 1911 fire.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1143/thumbnail.jp
A brief history of the Town of Unity
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Art Work of Bangor, Maine
Get PDFThe title of Art Work is a bit of a misnomer. The work actually is primarily photographs from the late 1890s of Bangor, Hampden, Orono, Brewer, and Veazie. The text of the work is spaced throughout twelve volumes, which are presented here as a continuous 101 page work.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1236/thumbnail.jp
The Church Directory of Bangor and Brewer 1895
Get PDFLists churches in Bangor and Brewer, Maine, circa 1895. Photographs of several churches and pastors are included, as are membership rosters for many churches. Advertisments for local business provide added historical context.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1334/thumbnail.jp