Donate
Search the Scarborough Historical Society website
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 242 other subscribersMailing Address
Scarborough Historical Society
PO Box 156
Scarborough, ME, 04070-0156Buy “Scarborough at 350”
Categories
Archives
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
Category Archives: Prout’s Neck
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.
Posted in Black Point, Blue Point, Coal Kiln Corners, Dunstan, Higgins Beach, North Scarborough, Oak Hill, Pine Point, Prout's Neck, Scrapbooks
Tagged Newspapers
Comments Off on Once Upon a Time (In Scarborough)
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
Posted in Ephemera, Prout's Neck
Tagged Deering, Googins, Homer
Comments Off on From the Ephemera ….
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
Posted in Higgins Beach, Presentations, Prout's Neck, Scarborough Beach
Tagged buildings, Hotels, Rodney Laughton
Comments Off on Hotels of Scarborough
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
Posted in Prout's Neck
Tagged John J. Cromie, Winslow Homer
Comments Off on Prout’s Neck: From Farm to Resort
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.
Posted in Pleasant Hill, Prout's Neck, Schools
Comments Off on Beech Hill School, ca. 1879