1906
This
wonderful picture is a copy of a post card from about 1906. (This date
is my speculation.) The card, printed in Germany, was made from a photo
of Main Street, looking west. On the north side of the street, the
right side of the picture, the first building is the Corinna Hotel. At one time this hotel had 20 rooms and the
capacity to seat 25 people in its dining room.
Next along the street,
with the awning on the front and the high mill section, is the Ireland
Brother's Grist Mill. This building was completed in 1905, replacing a previous
mill building that burned in 1904. The East Branch of the
Sebasticook River passes under the street just beyond the grist mill.
Not long after this picture was taken, in 1907, the Odd Fellows Hall was
built in the lot on the other side of the river. Of course, the Stewart
Library Building in the background, has watched over the street since
1898. |