From the Scarborough Historical Society’s digital collections come these pictures of an early Pine Point tourist destination, the Pillsbury House, that opened its doors for lodging and shore dinners in 1875. Included is a picture of the Pillsbury House staff circa 1890, a 1946 advertising card, and pictures taken during the razing of the building in 1985.
As we enter the new year of 2023, the Scarborough Historical Society will be providing a “Picture of the Week” on various topics and periods in Scarborough’s rich history on the Facebook group page Scarborough, Maine History and on this website each Friday.
If some of you have pictures, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and documents that we all could share, please call the historical society (885-9997) so we can arrange a time for your images into the society’s digital collection to be scanned. You keep your pictures, but we have the images on our computer, to be saved for many years to come.
The first Picture of the Week is a memory from 1970, a picture of the members of Scarborough’s first Town Council after the town moved from selectmen and the town meeting system.
Saco October 9, 1812 on this page is a true copy of the dividing line between the town of Saco and Scarborough.
attest Daniel Stillwell ch committee.
To the clerk of the town of Scarborough—
We the submember having been appointed committee by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreeable to a resolve of said court passed this 25 day of February A 1812 settle and fix the boundary line between the towns of Scarborough and Saco having notified the Selectmen of each town to meet at the dwellinghouse of Capt. Joseph Bradbury in Saco and Tuesday the sixth day of October A 1812 after hearing the parties have proceeded as follows. Beginning at the place which we have determined was the mouth of Little River year of 1743 at a state near the seawall thence running a Northwest Corner to a part near the Upland marked S.S. from thence the same corner by trees marked as aforesaid to a stone set down the Northwesterly Side of the County Road about 5 feet in length and a large stone put buy it 3 rods and 11 links Easterly of Levi Merrills dwelling house from thence the same corner to an elm tree standing on Timothy Stuarts’s land about 10 feet south of T. Stuarts well and thence the same course by trees marked S.S. to the head line of [?] town adjoining Buxton to a stone set down in the ground and two large stones by it the aforesaid line we have unanimously agreed to established as a dividing line between the towns of Saco and Scarborough
Saco Oct 9th 1812
Daniel Stowell }
James Morrill } – Committee
Joseph Prime }
Recorded Oct 12, 1812 by Robert Hasty Town Clerk true copy as of record Scarborough March 23, 1825 Abraham Norton Jr., Town Clerk
(Transcription by Betty McEwan, Scarborough Historical Society)
From: Encapsulated Collection #25. Copy of the dividing line for the towns of Saco and Scarborough.
The roof is finished and the first coat of paint is applied. It is enclosed for the winter!
We have raised $163,000 toward a goal of $280,000. Please help us restore this historical site by sending your tax-deductible 501(c)(3) donation to Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, P.O. Box 156, Scarborough, ME 04070-0156. Call the museum at 207-885-9997 if you can provide in-kind services. Or donate through https://www.gofundme.com/SHS-Restore-Beech-Ridge-School. Thanks to all who have graciously donated to preserve this part of Scarborough’s history.
Submitted by Scarborough Building Committee
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Class of 1877-1878 – Examination & Prize Declamation (Graduates)
Class of 1878-1879 – Third Year Examination (Graduates)
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Those that have been admitted into full communion.
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“Some of the Descendants of Josiah Oakman of Spurwink River in Scarborough Maine.” MHGR, Vol IV, Pages 268-277
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George William Pooler - SHS Class 1940
Raymond Pooler Homestead - 1915 - Mussey RD & Spring St. (8-Corners).
I reorganized the original “Main Page” to move the Library items to three separate Pages:
