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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FQ_the-great-conflagration_Belfast-ME.html
Belfast artist William M. Hall's drawing of the "Great Conflagration" was published in Harper's Weekly magazine a week after the fire. At 10:30 on the night of October 12, 1865 a fire that started on the waterfront rapidly spread. Despite valiant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FP_memorial-bridge_Belfast-ME.html
The first bridge to span the Passagassawakeag River at this site was built by private investors in 1806. Known as the Lower Bridge and made of wood, it featured a drawbridge which allowed schooners to travel up the river as far as the wharfs at Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F9_biggest-little-city_Belfast-ME.html
Despite the decline in ship building, the port of Belfast remained busy at the turn of the 20th century. Rapid industrial development took place all along the west side waterfront, and steamships and railroads became the primary movers of goods. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F7_the-nut-house_Belfast-ME.html
Originally a cigar making factory, the building shown became Perry's Tropical Nut House when owner Irving Perry started selling pecans in 1926. The business flourished as automobile traffic along Route 1 grew and it soon became Maine's #1 tourist …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F4_the-first-mayor_Belfast-ME.html
Ralph Cross Johnson built this house just as the War of 1812 was beginning. He and his brother, Judge Alfred Johnson, were active in all manner of Belfast's businesses and politics. Ralph Johnson was a representative in Maine's first legislature a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F3_stylish-lodging_Belfast-ME.html
The Thomas Whittier house was built in 1803 as both a house and tavern. It was long considered the finest inn in eastern Maine, popular for drinking, dining and dancing. Famous for the abundant produce from her gardens, Whittier's wife was known a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F2_the-belfast-historical-society-museum_Belfast-ME.html
When James Langworthy built this Federal style structure in 1835, Market Street, which the building faces, was little more than a cow path leading to a watering hole. But as both a home and store, it was one of more than thirty businesses in Belfa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14F1_the-silver-screen_Belfast-ME.html
The burgeoning appeal of the silver screen led to the construction of the Colonial Theatre which opened the night the Titanic set sail from England in April 1912. A fire in 1923 following a showing of the film "Way Down East" leveled the building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14EY_belfast-city-hall_Belfast-ME.html
Memorial Hall was built in 1890 by Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor their fallen leader Colonel Thomas H. Marshall. While in command of the 7th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, Marshall distinguished himself at the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14EX_the-opera-house_Belfast-ME.html
Hayford Hall was built between 1866 and 1868 by Axel Hayford, a local contractor and businessman. It housed businesses on the lower level and a ballroom/theater with a balcony on the second level. Renamed the Belfast Opera House in 1883, it was th…
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