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Henry E. Prentiss House, ca. 1870
No full textKnown as \u27Elmbank,\u27 the Henry E. Prentiss House was first owned by Thornton McGaw, was known as Weed House when it was built in 1835. Details about this earlier house are scarce. Prentiss bought the property and began remodeling it in 1868. He added the mansard roof, which created a full third story, as well as the angled portico, Italianate trim, and a gazebo (not visible in photograph). The house still stands at 31 Kenduskeag Avenue.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1022/thumbnail.jp
Marston\u27s Photograph Rooms, Bangor
No full textA stereograph showing Marston\u27s Photograph Rooms and office of the Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 3 Bowman\u27s Block. East end of Kenduskeag Bridge.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1023/thumbnail.jp
Union Street (Hannibal Hamlin) Grammar School, Bangor, ca. 1881
No full textDedicated in 1875 by B.C. Kenway, the Union Street Grammar School was one of a new wave of schools designed as imposing edifices to the potential of youth. The three-story building held eight schoolrooms, three playrooms in the basement, and a coal furnace, and was outfitted with the then-new combined desk and chair, described as superior to any other for the health and comfort of the pupils.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1031/thumbnail.jp
East Market Square, Bangor, ca. 1895
No full textThis broad view of East Market Square seems greatly underdeveloped to the modern eye. Although the Universalist church still stands on the hill, it lacks the distinctive asymmetric tower that was lost to the fire of 1911. Likewise lost was the Baptist church in the center of the photo, which was replaced by the re-built High School, and, ironically, the Harlow Street (Center) Fire House; the tower to the left. The sloping hill of Center Park is today the site of the Bangor Public Library, and the unpaved streets team with cars.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1037/thumbnail.jp
Broadway, Bangor, ca. 1881
No full textStereograph showing Broadway and a footpath as it runs along some of the fine houses of this section of Bangor. Taken some time between 1881 and 1890, rows of elm trees are silhouetted without their leaves.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1032/thumbnail.jp
Dam and Water Works, Bangor, ca. 1881
No full textThe Bangor Water Works were built in 1875-76 following a State act to supply Bangor with a reliable source of clear water and confront the constant problem of sewage. Shown here are the Penobscot River and the area of the dam.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1029/thumbnail.jp
Bangor High School, ca. 1882
No full textStereograph showing an intermediary stage in the progression of Bangor\u27s High School. Following the destruction of the original high school in a fire in 1882, the opportunity was taken to greatly improve the building. Wilfred E. Mansur, a graduate of the previous high school and later architect of many buildings in Bangor, followed much of the existing design but with enlargements and modifications. In 1903 a back wing was added to house the Manual Training School, and the entire building perished in the Great Fire of 1911.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1033/thumbnail.jp
French Hotel (Penobscot Exchange), ca. 1870
No full textBuilt in 1827 by Zadock French, the French House was so big (with over 70 rooms) that it was known locally as \u27French\u27s Folly.\u27 In 1828, the Penobscot Exchange Coffee House (named after Boston\u27s Exchange Coffee House) opened, and it is this sign that is visible in the photograph. The building is made of brick, four and a half stories, gabled roof and eight chimneys. he Queen Anne ballustraided balcony was added later. Although it continued to be known as the French Hotel, it changed ownership several times among French\u27s heirs and relatives.
The mansard roof was added in 1859, along with two extended wings, possibly the work of Benjamin S. Deane and Edwin Lee Brown. Additions and revisions were a constant theme, and the character of the building continued to shift. In 1908 a city ordanance required that all downtown buildings have a flat roof to aleviate danger from ice and snow, so the building was expanded to a full five stories with an Italianate cornice, as well as modern bathrooms and an elevator. In the mid twentieth century, the building was briefly a dormitory for Husson College, but was eventually razed in the Urban Renewal program of the 1960s.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1018/thumbnail.jp
Broadway from State Street, Bangor, ca. 1869
No full textThis view of Broadway from State Street, taken sometime between 1869 and 1871 and distributed by Trask and Dole, showcases Bangor\u27s fine rows of elm trees--as well as its unpaved roads, which were fearsome in the Spring \u27Mud Season. Three women pose in the weak sunlight next to a melting snowbank.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1017/thumbnail.jp
Waterworks Pumping House, Bangor, ca. 1875
No full textThe Bangor Water Works were built in 1875-76 following a State act to supply Bangor with a reliable source of clear water and confront the constant problem of sewage. The Water Works, which also contained a dam, was designed as a source of power and transportation as much as of drinking water, and the $154,000 project included a wheelhouse, sluice, and fishway. The pumping house in the photograph was designed by the Holly Manufacturing Company of Lockport, New York, and shows a four-story tall steam stack in the background.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at William S. Cohen.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1024/thumbnail.jp