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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23LF_an-ornament-to-the-city-un-joyau-de-la-ville_Augusta-ME.html
In 1856, James North built Meonian Hall, named for Maeonia in Asia Minor. The Italianate building stood on the site of the Burton House, Augusta's first post office in 1789. During the Civil War, patriotic rallies and civic meetings were held, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23L5_the-great-fire-le-grand-incendie_Augusta-ME.html
On the morning of September 17, 1865, a fire began in the new, still unoccupied Dr. H. H. Hill building on the east side of Water Street, above Oak Street. An arsonist later convicted of setting a Portland fire was suspected, although nothing was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23L4_old-fort-western-on-the-kennebec_Augusta-ME.html
Old Fort Western was built in 1754 at Cushnoc, an Abenaki name for the site of an important 17th-century Plymouth Colony trading post. The Old Fort's main house (barrack) is New England's oldest surviving wooden fort building and a symbol of the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23L1_a-new-look-for-water-street-un-nouvel-arrivant-dans-water-street_Augusta-ME.html
Holiday shoppers on Water Street in 1932 had a brand new store to shop! That year, the S.S. Kresge five and dime store opened in a modern Art Deco building unique in downtown Augusta. The new building replaced an Italianate block building that onc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23KD_cornerstone-day-la-pose-des-premieres-pierres_Augusta-ME.html
On June 14, 1894, the cornerstones for the Masonic Temple and Lithgow Library were laid with imposing Masonic ceremonies. Parades, speeches, and feasting marked the day, and hundreds of people from all over the state participated. Constructed for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23K8_steamboat-landing-l-embarquement-des-bateaux-a-vapeur_Augusta-ME.html
Steamboats debuted on the Kennebec in 1818. By 1823, the Kennebec Steam Navigation Company operated the Waterville between Bath and Augusta. A nationwide economic decline later forced them out of business, but the organization of the Kennebec & Bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23K5_shipbuilding-days-lepoque-des-chantiers-navals_Augusta-ME.html
In the golden years of wooden shipbuilding, Maine-built ships carried American goods worldwide-and Augusta was no exception! Master Williams Jones' shipyard was located here in the 1840s & 1850s. From 1837 to 1856, 37 vessels were built in Augusta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JF_united-states-post-office-la-poste-des-etats-unis_Augusta-ME.html
Augusta's "Castle"! When first opened in 1890, the Portland Transcript called 295 Water Street "one of the most picturesque public buildings that the government has bestowed upon any city in the Union." Built of Hallowell granite and complete with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23J3_flag-protest-war-of-1812-drapeau-en-berne-guerre-de-1812_Augusta-ME.html
The embargoes leading to war caused economic hardship in Augusta, and news of war generated disdain in this Federalist Town. Citizens mounted a protest by hanging an effigy of President Madison from the public wharf and flying an American flag at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23I0_granite-block-un-batiment-en-granit_Augusta-ME.html
Amid the destruction of the 1865 Great Fire, a new and magnificent building was already rising. Granite Block, built at the corner of Water Street and Market Square, was a three-story edifice faced with granite. The third floor had a 1500 seat hal…