The Museum in the Streets
In 1910, Delbert W. Adams opened a store on Water Street offering "strictly first-class goods at a fair margin of profit." In 1920, Adams moved across the street to 190 Water Street, where the store operated until it closed in 1982. The Bussell & Weston Co. building and inventory that Adams purchased in 1920 gave him the location he wanted, and he gave Augusta one of the biggest markdown sales ever! Pictured here are clerks who worked at D. W. Adams in 1960: Dot Woodard, Florence Lennon, Beatrice Rich, Margaret Lee, Eleanor Goodwin, Marion Alcop, Nellie Cloutier, and Rene Pelletier. The 1909 building is significant today as an unaltered early 20th century department store. Chicago style windows mark the upper floors and large display windows line the store façade.HM Number | HM23LO |
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Placed By | Augusta Historic Preservation Commission, Kennebec Savings Bank, and the Maine Community Foundation |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Saturday, December 9th, 2017 at 10:01pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 438314 N 4907326 |
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Decimal Degrees | 44.31658333, -69.77351667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 18.995', W 69° 46.411' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 18' 59.7" N, 69° 46' 24.66" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 207 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 187 Water St, Augusta ME 04330, US |
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