Category Archives: Prout’s Neck

1. Aerial views
2. Beach scenes
3. Cottages
4. P.N. Country Club
5. Garages
6. Lodging
1) Black Point Inn
2) Cammock House
3) Checkley House
4) Jocelyn House
5) Kirkwood House
6) Lee House
7) Lodges, The
8) Prouts Neck House
9) Prouts Neck Tea House
10) Seavey Cottage (also Forest
House, PN Country House)
11) Southgate (and Ocean Cottage)
12) West Point House
13) Willows, The
Prouts Neck
1. Aerial views
2. Beach scenes
3. Cottages
4. P.N. Country Club
5. Garages
6. Lodging
1) Black Point Inn
2) Cammock House
3) Checkley House
4) Jocelyn House
5) Kirkwood House
6) Lee House
7) Lodges, The7. Miscellaneous
8. Ocean views
9. Post cards
10. Retail establishments
11. Yacht Club

Once Upon a Time (In Scarborough)

From the Bruce Thurlow Collection Scrapbook clippings from newspapers regarding “Once Upon a Time” [in Scarborough]. The articles include newspaper images and short write-up regarding various Scarborough objects, businesses, and places. Download from the Maine State Library.

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From the Ephemera …. 

Homer Studio Ephemera By Linda Snow McLoon With much-appreciated input from Phil von Stade & Ann Googins Ephemera refers to written or printed material that is typically expected to have only short-term usefulness and, therefore, not usually saved. I have … Continue reading

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Hotels of Scarborough

NOTE: Changes of Date, Time, and Location! This month’s Scarborough Historical Society meeting and presentation will be at 2:00 pm, January 7th, 2018, at the Scarborough Public Library. “The Hotels of Scarborough Beach and Prouts Neck” will be presented by … Continue reading

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Prout’s Neck: From Farm to Resort

Preface By John J. Cromie Ballston Spa, NY This work examines the gradual, early development of a summer place most noted as the home of Winslow Homer.  Yet, how does a resident of an upstate New York village become interested … Continue reading

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Beech Hill School, ca. 1879

This was a District 1 school located on the Pleasant Hill Road and Fogg Road intersection. It operated from 1790 to 1940. It later became a shed at the Prouts Neck Country Club.

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Homer, Winslow

People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Winslow Homer – Artist Winslow Homer, landscape painter best known for his marine subjects, was born in Boston 24 February 1836 to Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer. His mother, an … Continue reading

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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 2 of 2

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins (Part 1 Here) Shipwrecks Scarborough’s coastline has three extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough, and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now … Continue reading

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Transportation Through the Years – Part 1 of 4

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Snow See a Red Sox game in Boston—easy, hop in your car, drive to Boston via high-speed roads, see the game, and return home the same … Continue reading

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Historical Overview – Part 1

Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Part 1 of 4  – Print Version Here (Pages 1-4) Text by Mary B. Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton, the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough … Continue reading

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