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Waterworks - Kirby Lake purchased - Vote of City - Contract with Parks & Wheeler - Belfast Water Company - Works established on Little River - Description - Hydrants - Sewer System adopted in 1888 - Progress of the Work - Electric Lights - Electric Company formed - Streets first lighted - Gas-Light Company - Light and Power Company formed - Consolidation of the Different Corporations 19
CHAPTER IV
BUILDINGS AND REAL ESTATE CHANGES
Buildings erected in 1875-1900 - Foundry - Masonic Temple - National Bank - Hayford Block sold - Skating Rink - Coliseum - Howes Block - Lancaster Stable - Phoenix Row partially rebuilt - Free Li- brary - Odd Fellows' Block - Crosby Inn - Sale of Allyn Field - Catholic Church - Belfast National Bank Extension - Phoenix House Stable - Belfast Foundry - Railroad Freight House - West Meeting- House demolished - Court-House Extension
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CHAPTER V
FIRST PARISH - UNITARIAN
State Conference - Chancel - Resignation of Rev. James Thompson Bixby - Bequest of Paul Richard Hazeltine - Settlement of Rev. Ed- ward Crowninshield - Church Parlor - Presentation of Parsonage -- Birth of Channing commemorated - Death of Mr. Crowninshield - Rev. Lindley M. Burrington - Installation of Rev. John Arthur Savage -State Conference - Memorial Services on Death of Rev. Dr. Cazneau Palfrey - Bequest of William Henry Burrill - Resignation of Mr. Sav- age - Installment of Rev. James Monroe Leighton - Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Rev. William Frothing- ham - Bequest of Mrs. Dana (Mary Emeline Simpson) Southworth - State Convention
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CHAPTER VI
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL, NORTH CHURCH
Services in Memory of Rev. Dr. Edward Francis Cutter and Deacon Bea- man - Death of Rev. Wooster Parker - Resignation of Rev. John Alex- ander Ross - Installation of Rev. Rollin Thurman Hack - Christian Endeavor Society - Lecture Room and Church Parlor built - Memorial Windows - New Steeple - Resignation of Rev. Rollin Thurman Hack - Settlement of Rev. George Sherman Mills - Centennial Celebration of the Formation of the Church - State Conference - Rev. Dr. Field's Sunday-School Reminiscences - Church Statistics - Bequest from the Late Dr. George Warren Field
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CHAPTER VII
BAPTIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Installation of Rev. David Foster Estes - Settlement of Rev. Francis Wayland Ryder - His Resignation - Rev. George Edward Tufts - Baptistry erected - Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor - Resignation of Mr. Tufts - Rev. John Freeman Tilton ordained - Church Annex built - Semi-Centennial Anniversary - Sewing Circle - Original Members - Rev. Randall Thomas Capen settled - Removal of the Church Spire .
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CHAPTER VIII
METHODIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Rev. George Pratt - New Bell - Rev. James H. Mooers - Rev. Theodore Gerrish - New Organ - Removal of Church Spire - Parsonage pur- chased - Legacy to Society from Paul Richard Hazeltine - Rev. Charles E. Libby - Session of East Maine Conference - Rev. W. Henry Williams - Rev. Benjamin C. Wentworth - Mrs. Van Cott - Death of Hon. Jacob Sleeper noticed - Epworth League - Young
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People's Bible Society - Rev. Sylvanus L. Hanscom - Rev. George G. Winslow - Stained-Glass Windows - Sunday-School Library - Rev. Gilbert Elsford Edgett - Session of East Maine Conference 51
CHAPTER IX
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Rev. Simeon Goodenough - State Convention held here - State Sunday- School Convention - Resignation of Mr. Goodenough - Rev. Thomas B. Gregory - Rev. Granville W. Jenkins - Coterie Society - Rev. Fred Le Roy Payson - Fiftieth Anniversary of Church Dedication celebrated - Resignation of Mr. Payson - Rev. Myra Kingsbury set- tled - Auxiliary Societies - Rev. Charles Henry Wells - Rev. Ashley Auburn Smith 54
CHAPTER X
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY AT THE HEAD OF THE TIDE No settled Minister since 1858 - Names of Supplies - Church Edifice re- paired - New Bell - Statistics 57
CHAPTER XI
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Rev. James Peterson - Services in the Opera House - Rev. Richard N. Phelan - Old Masonic Hall used for Worship - Rev. Patrick J. Gar- rity - Church Edifice presented by William S. Brannagan - Dedica- tion - Rectory - Rev. John E. Kealey - Biographical Sketch of Wil- liam S. Brannagan 58
CHAPTER XII
MISCELLANEOUS RELIGIOUS HISTORY
Maine Sabbath-School Convention - Deaf Mutes - Spiritualists - First Society formed - Belfast Spiritualist Association - Salvation Army - Mission School - Evangelist Preachers - Church Attendance in 1891 - Christian Advent - Union Revival Meetings - Gospel Mission - Young Men's Christian Union - Young Men's Christian Association - Christian Endeavor Societies 62
CHAPTER XIII
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY - LECTURES
Lectures at Methodist Vestry - Home Course, 1876-77 - Henry Ward Beecher - High School Library Course - Methodist Course - Miss Frances Elizabeth Willard - Lectures in 1885 - Before Scientific Asso- ciation in 1888 and 1889 - Mrs. Mary Ashton Livermore - North
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Church Series of 1890-92 - Rev. Edward Everett Hale - Course by Baptist Christian Endeavor Society - Miss Charlotte Thorndike Sib- ley - People's Course - Before Teachers' Club, 1899 - High-School Course, 1900 .
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CHAPTER XIV
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY - COLLEGE GRADUATES AND STUDENTS
College Students from Belfast - List of Graduates and Students at Colleges, Seminaries and Professional Schools - Persons who studied in Europe 70
CHAPTER XV
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY - SCHOOLS
System, 1875-1894 - Sums raised for Schools - Mill Tax - Principals of Grammar Schools - Free Textbooks - Flags displayed from School- Houses - Abolition of School Districts - Valuation of School-Houses - Academy - School Committee - Osman C. Evans, Superintendent -Number of Scholars-First Public Conveyance of Scholars to Central Schools - First School Board Report - Francis S. Brick chosen Super- intendent - Grade System - Flag-Raisings - School-House Bells - Kindergarten - Amount raised for Education - John Riley Dunton chosen Superintendent - Bequests of Mrs. Dana (Mary Emeline Simp- son) Southworth and Mrs. Charles Woodbury (Emma Lena Peirce) Frederick - Teachers in 1900
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CHAPTER XVI
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY - HIGH SCHOOLS
Graduating Classes and their Public Exercises, 1877-1900 - Teachers - Statistics of Attendance - New Bell - List of Graduates - Old Ma- sonic Hall utilized for Recitations . 82
CHAPTER XVII
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1875-1900
Publications by Resident and Native Authors - Publications relating to Belfast and its Citizens - Books and Pamphlets printed in Belfast . . 91
CHAPTER XVIII
NEWSPAPERS
"Republican Journal" - Renounces Democratic Party - Sketch of Wil- liam Henry Simpson - Sketch of Charles Albert Pilsbury - "Progres- sive Age" - Advocates Greenback Doctrines - Becomes Democratic - Name changed to "Belfast Age" - Plant destroyed by Fire, and Publi-
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cation ceased - Sketch of William Maxfield Rust - "Belfast Weekly Advertiser" - "Bulletin and Advertiser" - "Maine Temperance Record" - "Sea Breeze" - "Tax-Payer" - "Searsport Guest," "Castine Visitor, "and "Liberty Local" - "Belfast City Press"-"Mis- sion Field Reporter" - "The Patriot" - "The Cream" - "The Girls' Home" - "The Recruit" - Boston Sunday Papers first brought here - Belfast Men connected with Newspapers elsewhere . . 108
CHAPTER XIX
BELFAST FREE LIBRARY
Founded by Paul Richard Hazeltine - Erection of Building - Description - Application of Wilson Fund - First Trustees - Librarians - Dona- tion by Mrs. Richard (Anne Maria Crosby) Chenery - Portrait of the Founder - Donation from Rev. George Warren Field - Portrait of Nathaniel Wilson - Branch Library at Citypoint - Bequest of Rev. George Warren Field - Donation by Mr. Albert Crane in Memory of Albert Boyd Otis - Statistics - Bulletins - First Catalogue - State- ment of Funds
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CHAPTER XX
LAW AND THE COURTS
System of Courts, 1875 - Officers - Municipal Court - Police Court re- stored - Bar Association - Law Library - Portrait of Chief Justice Peters - Court-House - Its Extension - Crimes - Boys convicted of Arson - Mrs. Lydia Larrabee convicted of Manslaughter - John W. Mitchell tried for Assault - Conviction of Mrs. Martha M. Crockett for Murder - Trial of Lewis Brewster for Murder - Mob - Edmund Elliot convicted of Assault with Intent to Kill - Infanticide 120
CHAPTER XXI
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LAWYERS
Lawyers in 1875 - Lawyers since deceased or who have removed from Bel-
fast - Lawyers established or admitted to the Bar here after 1874 . . 125
CHAPTER XXII PHYSICIANS
Names of those in Practice in 1875- Regular Allopathic and Homoeopathic Physicians since - Biographical Sketches - Physicians of Other Schools - Resident Dentists - Belfast Dentists practicing elsewhere - Veterinary Surgeons . 152
CHAPTER XXIII MILITARY HISTORY
Grand Army of the Republic - Thomas H. Marshall Post established - Project of Soldier's Monument - Memorial Hall - Description -
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Portraits and Memorials - Cannon placed on the Grounds in front of Memorial Hall - Sheridan Francis Miller Command organized - City Guards - Artillery Guns removed to State Arsenal - Boys' Brigade - Regimental Reunions - Nineteenth, Fourth, and Twenty-sixth Regi- ments - Thomas H. Marshall Relief Corps - Present Members of the Thomas H. Marshall Post - Sons of Veterans - Spanish War . 162
CHAPTER XXIV
CEMETERIES
Grove Cemetery - Plan of Lots - City assumes Protection of Graves of Nathaniel Wilson, Alfred Waldo Johnson, and Paul Richard Hazeltine - Enlargement - Iron Fence - Cemetery Trustees - Other Ceme- teries 172
CHAPTER XXV
STREETS AND ROADS
Ordinance concerning Street Grades - Standpipes - Street Signs placed - Distriet System abolished - New Streets and Extensions of Old Ones - Damages and Betterments in widening High Street - Plan of the Change - Lot at the Junction of High and Church streets - Plan for widening Northport Avenue - Streets unnamed - Road at South Bel- fast - Discontinuance of Roads 175
CHAPTER XXVI
BRIDGES
Principal Bridges in 1875 - East, or Lower, Bridge - Repaired at Great Expense in 1885 - Project of an Iron Bridge at Foot of Main Street - Location approved by United States Government - Eight Bridges de- stroyed or damaged in 1896 - Lower Bridge entirely rebuilt - Cost and Description - Free Ferry - Upper Bridge - Other Bridges . .. 185
CHAPTER XXVII
CUSTOM-HOUSE AND POST-OFFICE
First Display of Flags - Building enlarged - Customs Officers - Post- Offices in 1875 - New Boxes - Special Delivery System - Citypoint Office - Mail Service - Free Delivery - Steamboat Mail - Post- masters and Assistants - Mail Arrangements in 1900 188
CHAPTER XXVIII
HOTELS
Hotels in 1875 - American House - Landlords - Burned in 1885 - New England House - Windsor Hotel -Phoenix House - Sanborn House - Revere House - Ocean House - Crosby Inn - Description and Engraving - Destroyed by Fire - Financial Condition - Sale of Lot 193
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CHAPTER XXIX
STEAMBOATS AND STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION
The Katahdin - Cambridge - City of Richmond - Pioneer - New Brunswick - Lewiston - May Queen - Charles Houghton - Inside Line terminated - Clara Clarita - Sea-Flower - James A. Gary - Boston and Bangor Steamship Company organized - The Penobscot makes her First Trip in 1882 - The Mount Desert - Florence - May Field - Old Steamer Daniel Webster burned - Fate of the old Steamer Senator - Loss of the Cambridge - Three Brothers - Fred William Pote becomes Agent of the Boston Line - Mary Morgan - Electa - Little Buttercup - M. and M. - Lucy P. Miller - Caroline Miller - Mount Waldo - Castine - San Antonio - Viking - Emmeline - Pen- tagoet - City of Bangor first placed on Boston Route - Charles Ed- ward Johnson appointed Agent - Golden Rod - Silver Star - New Route to Brooksville - Tremont - Salacia - Loss of the Pentagoet - Steamboat Service in 1900 - Dimensions of Steamers 196
CHAPTER XX
RAILROAD AND RAILWAY PROJECTS
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Branch - Officers - Train Arrangements - Waldo Station established - Improvements - Standard Time - Spur Track to Oak Hill - Penobscot Bay and River Railroad - Belfast Street Railway Incorporated - Waldo Street Railroad Company . . 205
CHAPTER XXXI
TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, EXPRESSES, BICYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES
Western Union Telegraph Company - Operators - Mutual Union Com- pany - Line to Liberty - First Telephone - Long-Distance Circuit - Cable laid to Islesboro - Managers - Expresses, Eastern and American - Boston and Bangor - Agents and Messengers - Bicycles - Auto- mobiles 208
CHAPTER XXXII
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Belfast National Bank - Banking House - Resignation of Albion H. Brad- bury as Cashier - New Vault - Financial Condition in 1900 - Officers - Savings Bank - Improvements in Bank Building - Death of John Haraden Quimby, its Treasurer - Financial Statement - Trustees - People's National Bank - Officers - Death of Lewis Allen Knowlton, President - Financial Condition in 1900 - Belfast Loan and Building Association - Officers - Financial Condition in 1900 212
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CHAPTER XXXIII
INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
Axe Factories - Clothing - Cigars - Creameries - Foundries - Gran- ite Quarries - Grist Mills - Hay - Ice - Leather-Board - Machin- ery - Marble - Marine Railways - Shoe Factories - Sash and Blind Factories - Sawmills - Ship-building - Condon Company - Block Company - Patents and Inventions - Dana Sarsaparilla Company - Other Patent Medicines 216
CHAPTER XXXIV
COMMERCIAL HISTORY AND MERCHANT MARINE
Decline of the Coaster - Sailing Vessels superseded by Steamboats and Railroads - Commercial Statistics for 1887 - Wharves - Vessels owned in Belfast - Vessels built in Belfast from 1874 to 1901 - Yachts and Boats - Two Small, Old-Time Coasting-Vessels, The Maine and The Polly 226
CHAPTER XXXV
FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
Muck Hole purchased - Report of the Committee of the Fire Fund raised in 1875 - Conviction of Incendiaries - American House destroyed - Loss of Life - Plan of Burned District - Phoenix Row burned - Steam Fire Engine - Reorganization of Fire Department - The Hook and Ladder Company - Washington Engine, No. 5, sold - Its History and Company Foremen - Electric Alarm-Box System - Seaside Hose Com- pany formed - Destruction of the Crosby Inn - Peirce's Block burned - Chemical Extinguishers 234
CHAPTER XXXVI
MASONIC INSTITUTIONS
Lodges, Council, and Chapter, 1875 - Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Phoenix Lodge - History - Timothy Chase Lodge completes a Quarter of a Century - Commandery of Knights Templar - Masonic Temple - Dedication - History of Corinthian Chapter - History of Phoenix Lodge 254
CHAPTER XXXVII ODD FELLOWS
Belfast Lodge revived - Odd Fellows' Association - Waldo Lodge formed - Difficulties between the two Lodges - Uniformed Degree Camp - Penobscot Encampment - Canton Pallas - Celebration of Anniver-
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saries -Dedication of Odd Fellows' Hall - Odd Fellows' Block - Me- morial Day - Visiting Brethren from abroad - Lodge of Daughters of Rebekah - Decoration of Graves - Roll of Deceased Members . . 257
CHAPTER XXXVIII
TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATIONS, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, KNIGHTS OF MALTA
Sons of Temperance - Good Templars - Woman's Temperance Union - Deceased Members - Union State Convention - Reform Club -Tem- ple of Honor - Temperance Alliances - Morrell Liquor Cure - Civic League-Patrons of Husbandry- Granges - Session of State Grange - Knights of Pythias - Pythian Sisterhood - Knights of Malta . . 261
CHAPTER XXXIX
MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS
Board of Trade - Band - Improvement Society - East Belfast Literary Society - Chautauqua Circle - School of Expressive Art - Natural Science Association - Agassiz Association - Scientific Association - Belfast Old Home Week Association - Legion of Honor - Ancient Order of United Workmen - Athletics - Choral Society - Rifle Club - Gun Club - Bijou Club - Central Club - Club of Ten - Club of Thirty - XII Club - Waldo Club - Grand Orient - Foresters - Banjo and Guitar Club - Order of Protection - King's Daughters - Musical Club - Personal Liberty Club - Red Men - Royal Arcanum - Spiritual Association - Stone-Cutters - United Fellowship - Anni- versary of Sailing of Bark William O. Alden to California in 1849 - The Coot Club 265
CHAPTER XL
CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES
Fourth of July - Decoration Day - Orators - Arbor Day - Death of President Garfield - Death of General Grant - Death of Vice-Presi- dent Hendricks - Death of Governor Bodwell - Old Home Week . . 271
CHAPTER XLI
BENEFICENT ACTS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
Bequests of Paul Richard Hazeltine - Alfred Waldo Johnson Poor Fund - Gift of Nathan Foster Houston - Free Soup-Houses - Home for Aged Women - Donation for St. John and Eastport Fire Sufferers - Hu- mane Society - Associated Charities - Girls' Sewing-School - Girls' Home
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CHAPTER XLII
AMUSEMENTS
Spelling-Match - Centennial Fair - Dickens Party - Old Folks' Concert - Circuses - Theatres - Roller-Skating - Rinks - Barnum's Show - Trades Carnival - Living Whist - Baseball - Old Folks' Balls - Public Halls - Rila Kittredge, Champion Fine Handwriter. . 282
CHAPTER XLIII
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
Robert Green Ingersoll - James Gillespie Blaine - Henry Ward Beccher - Admiral Trenchard - General James Abram Garfield - The Dol- phin - Squadron of Evolution, or the White Squadron - Maine Press Association - United States Ship Prairie - Ex-President Cleveland - Battleship Texas - Captain Charles D. Sigsbee 290
CHAPTER XLIV FATAL ACCIDENTS
Account of Accidents resulting fatally from 1875 to 1900 . 300
CHAPTER XLV
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA
Bark Suliote - Ship Paul Richard Hazeltine - Vase presented by the Brit- ish Government to Captain Rufus B. Condon - Medal bestowed on Captain George Dickey Mahoney - Loss of Schooners James Holmes and Foaming Billow - Steamer Portland wrecked - Other Losses . . 306
CHAPTER XLVI WILD BEASTS, BIRDS, AND FISHES
Deer - Large Moose Antlers - Belgian Hares - Doves or Pigcons - Quail - Sparrows - Mackerel or Tinkers - Menhaden - Whales - Horse Mackerel - Bluefish - Squid - Hake - Lobsters - Seal . . 316
CHAPTER XLVII
METEOROLOGICAL AND PHENOMENAL
Gales - Storm Signals - Ice Storm -Extremes of Heat and Cold -Tidal Wave - Record of Lucius Holcombe Murch - Ice - Bay obstructed for Three Months - Freshets - Bridges carried away - Lightning - Earthquakes . 320
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CHAPTER XLVIII
BIRTHS
A List of Births which occurred from 1875 to 1900, in Belfast; and of some Children born to Present or Former Residents elsewhere . . . 328
CHAPTER XLIX
ยท NECROLOGY
Account of all Deaths which have occurred from 1875 to 1900, both inclu- sive - Biographical Sketches - Additional Necrology, 1901-13 . . 384
CHAPTER L
MARRIAGES
A List of all Marriages from 1875 to 1900- Marriages of Former Residents Elsewhere . 525
APPENDIX
I. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS, 1875-1900 583
II. STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, 1875-1900 586
III. CIVIL OFFICERS, 1875-1900, WITH DATES OF COMMISSIONS . 587
IV. COUNTY OFFICERS, 1875-1900
589
V. COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS AND DEPUTIES 590
VI. VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR
591
VII. MEMBERS OF THOMAS H. MARSHALL POST, G.A.R., NUMBER 42, IN 1913 593
VIII. STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL TAXES, 1875-1899 . 594
IX. MINUTES OF SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH DIVISIONS OF LOTS IN BELFAST, 1778-1838 595
X. MEMBERS OF THE WILLIAMSON'S HISTORY ASSOCIATION . 621
INDEXES
GENERAL INDEX.
. 625
INDEX OF NAMES . 631
INDEX OF MARRIAGES
. 651
INDEX OF DEATHS
. 675
ILLUSTRATIONS
JOSEPH WILLIAMSON . Frontispiece FOOT OF SQUARE AND WHITE HOMESTEAD . 2 HIGH STREET AND NORTH CHURCH, FROM PRIMROSE HILL, ABOUT 1880 2
These pictures show the junctions of Church and High streets at each end of the town.
WATER FRONT AND HARBOR FROM FIELD HOMESTEAD, PRIMROSE HILL, 1912 . . 4 WATER FRONT AND HARBOR FROM FIELD HOMESTEAD, PRIMROSE HILL, 1869 . 4
DR. JOHN MURRAY FLETCHER, 1846-1899 6
CAPTAIN ISAAC MILLER BOARDMAN, 1821-1900 6
CAPTAIN CHARLES BAKER, 1831-1898
6
JAMES PATTERSON WHITE, 1800-1879 16
JAMES PATTERSON WHITE HOMESTEAD. BUILT IN 1840
18
This house was purchased in 1910 by Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, and is occupied by him as a summer residence.
JOSEPH WILLIAMSON HOMESTEAD. LATER RESIDENCE OF EDWARD SIBLEY. BUILT IN 1845 18 WATERWORKS, POWER-HOUSE, AND DAM. CONSTRUCTED IN 1887 20
PASSAGASSAWAKEAG VALLEY FROM BELFRY OF METHODIST
CHURCH . 28
Lower Bridge at right, and MeClintock or City Building at left, prior to removal of cupola in 1889.
UPPER BRIDGE, PASSAGASSAWAKEAG RIVER 28
FIRST PARISH (UNITARIAN) CHURCH. ERECTED IN 1818; PAUL REVERE BELL HUNG IN 1819 32
FIRST PARISH (UNITARIAN) CHURCH. INTERIOR IN 1912. 32
The old-fashioned, nearly square, white pews, with green doors fas- tened on the outside with a large wooden button, were removed in 1868, to increase the seating capacity. The number of pews thus added was twenty. The pulpit, originally level with the galleries, was cut down several times. It was semicircular in shape, with two doors; one opening into the communion closet, and the other into the pulpit, which was reached by a spiral stairway.
REV. WOOSTER PARKER, 1807-1884 38
REV. JAMES MONROE LEIGHTON, 1849-1901 44
REV. GEORGE WARREN FIELD, 1818-1900 . 44
REV. EDWARD FRANCIS CUTTER, 1810-1880 44
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BAPTIST CHURCH. SPIRE REMOVED IN 1898 46 Extensive improvements were made in 1892-93.
CONGREGATIONAL OR NORTH CHURCH. EXTENSION ADDED IN 1889 46 New steeple duplicating the original one was built in 1890.
METHODIST CHURCH. SPIRE REMOVED IN 1879 52
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. ERECTED IN 1839 52
ST. FRANCIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ERECTED IN 1891 52
Gift of William H. Brannagan.
PHOENIX HOUSE. ERECTED IN 1816 64
This structure, built by Ralph Cross Johnson, was originally of wood, and has since been encased in brick. The lower story was at first finished for stores. Judge Alfred Johnson's law office was in the second story.
PIERCE BLOCK, CONTAINING THE PARLOR THEATRE AND "THE PROGRESSIVE AGE" OFFICE. BURNED IN 1899 64
WILLIAM HENRY SIMPSON, 1825-1882 110
WILLIAM MAXFIELD RUST, 1818-1888 110
BELFAST FREE LIBRARY, BY PAUL RICHARD HAZELTINE, 1887, AND HIGH STREET 116
For description of the Library, see chapter XIX.
PAUL RICHARD HAZELTINE, 1800-1878 118
WILLIAM HENRY BURRILL, 1812-1884 . 126
JUDGE JONATHAN GARLAND DICKERSON, 1811-1878 126
HIRAM ORLANDO ALDEN, 1800-1882 126
NEHEMIAH ABBOTT, 1804-1877 . 126
ALBERT GALLATIN JEWETT, 1802-1885 . 126
GOVERNOR CROSBY HOMESTEAD. BUILT IN 1803; RESTORED IN 1900 . 128 .
This house was moved some rods from its original site, in 1888, to make room for the Crosby Inn. In 1900, it was purchased by Mrs. Richard Chenery, daughter of Governor Crosby, replaced and re- stored. During the intervening twelve years it has been owned and occupied by her son, Horace Chenery, Esq., who has added to it and im- proved the grounds by means of landscape architecture.
BOHAN PRENTICE FIELD HOMESTEAD. BUILT IN 1807 . . 128
This house has been owned and occupied by members of the Field family continuously since it was built, now over a century ago. Here Judge Williamson made his home for many years. In this house he wrote both volumes of the "History of Belfast," and in it was begun, in 1912, the work of editing the manuscript of this Second Volume.
WAKEFIELD GALE FRYE, 1826-1893 . 132
ILLUSTRATIONS
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WILLARD POPE HARRIMAN, 1814-1878 132
ALBERT BOYD OTIS, 1839-1897 132
JAMES BOWDOIN MURCH, 1809-1880 132
SETH LLEWELLYN MILLIKEN, 1831-1897 136
WALDO COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, BELFAST. ERECTED IN 1853 . . 162
MEMORIAL HALL. ERECTED IN 1890. WAR OF 1812 CANNON MAY BE SEEN IN FRONT OF BUILDING, AT RIGHT FOREGROUND . 162
READY FOR A SPIN. NORTHPORT AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH, BEFORE 1897 182
THE BIG ELM, ABOUT NINETY YEARS OLD, PLANTED BY JAMES PATTERSON WHITE, AND THE JOHN HARADEN QUIMBY RESI- DENCE . . 182
The Big Elm stands on Pearl Street, between Church and Court streets, by the property of William Furber Bean and Miss Annie M. Bean, and is probably about ninety years old (1913). It measures, at a distance of three feet above the ground, thirteen feet, eight inches in circumference, and spreads ninety-three feet, six inches.
MAIN STREET FROM CUSTOM-HOUSE SQUARE, ABOUT 1890 . . 188 In 1913, the Belfast National Bank occupies the site of the Chase store on the old "Chase corner" at the left of the picture, and the former bank building, as seen on the right, is now occupied by Samuel Merrill Ray Locke, jeweler.
CUSTOM-HOUSE AND CROSBY INN, PRIOR TO 1896 . 188
CROSBY INN. BUILT IN 1889; BURNED IN 1896 194
The illustration shows the inn shortly before completion. Governor Crosby's office can be seen in the foreground.
OLD HAND ENGINE, HYDRANT NO. 2, PURCHASED IN 1873 . . 194 A study of this machine, which is still retained by the city, leads to some interesting reflections on the advance that has been made in fire apparatus during the past forty years. In Volume I, page 334, it was spoken of as a "powerful Button Machine," and at the time it was one of the best "fire fighters" of its kind. As stated in the text (page 247, Volume II), a still older engine, also called Hydrant No. 2, but of the "hand-tub" type, is likewise preserved by the city.
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