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)

Posted on November 20, 2018 by scarbo7_wp

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 …. 

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Linda Snow-McLoon

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

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Don Taylor

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

Posted on November 24, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

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

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Don Taylor

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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