2024-03-29T06:25:31Z
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oai:mainememory.net:22740
2018-10-18T08:27:20Z
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1914-08-19
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1914-08-19
Originally the Odd Fellows Hall and Town Hall in Hermon were side by side. Both burned in 1905/06 and were rebuilt in their original locations.
After a second fire in 1927, the Town Hall was not rebuilt.
This picture was taken during the town's centennial celebration.
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Buildings--Maine--Hermon
City & town halls--Maine--Hermon
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. (Hermon, Me)
Centennials
Hermon (Me)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Hermon Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, 1914
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oai:mainememory.net:22768
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1910
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1910
The church was built in 1870 on Route 2 in the center of town. In 2002 the sanctuary was enlarged, an addition was built onto the back, and other renovations were made. This photo was taken prior to 1914. The church is still in use and active.
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Baptist churches--Maine--Hermon
Churches--Maine--Hermon
Hermon Baptist Church, ca. 1910
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oai:mainememory.net:22773
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1910
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1910
School Number 5, the Hermon Corner School, was built in 1852 and was in use until 1951. The one-room schoolhouse is located on Billings Road near Route 2. It is presently home of the Hermon Historical Society and museum and the building is on the National Historical Register.
It is one of the 14 original 1st-8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district of what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
School children--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 5 (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon School Number 5, Hermon, ca. 1910
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oai:mainememory.net:22774
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1930
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1930
Hermon School Number 11, Snow's Corner School, was built prior to 1897. The one-room school was turned into a home and is still occupied.
It is one of the 14 original 1st - 8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district of what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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Hermon School Number 11 (Hermon, Me.)
Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 11
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oai:mainememory.net:22775
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1932
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1932
Hermon School Number 13, the Webber School or New Boston Road School, was built prior to 1897. Electricity was installed at this one-room school in the mid-1930's and the building was used until 1951. It has been turned into a home and is still in use.
It is one of the 14 original 1st - 8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district in what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 13 (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon School Number 13, ca. 1932
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oai:mainememory.net:22776
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1955
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1955
Hermon School Number 8, the Leather's Corner School (also called the Longfellow or Wing Road School), was built on the corner of Wing and Fuller Roads, prior to 1897. The one-room school was in use until 1951, later made into a home and is still lived in.
It is one of the 14 original 1st-8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district of what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 8 (Hermon, Me.)
One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
School children--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 8, ca. 1955
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oai:mainememory.net:22777
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1910
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1910
This monument at Hermon Corner was dedicated in 1901 with this inscription:
"Erected A.D. 1901 - In Honor of the Defenders of our Country - 1861 - 1865 - By the citizens of Hermon and Members of Daniel Chaplin W.R.C. No. 39 - the Promoters."
The town contributed $500 toward the monument and the Women's Relief Corps, which was active through
1904, contributed the remainder.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Daniel Chaplin Corps #39 (Hermon, Me.)
Soldiers' monuments--Maine--Hermon
War memorials--Maine--Hermon
Monuments & memorials--Maine--Hermon
Monuments--Maine--Hermon
Public sculpture--Maine--Hermon
Soldier's Monument, Hermon, ca. 1910
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oai:mainememory.net:22790
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1950
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Hermon School Number 6 was built in 1916 at Northern Maine Junction on Vafiades Avenue. It was Hermon's only 2-room schoolhouse, replacing an earlier 1-room school built in the same district in 1845. In use until 1951, the building is still standing.
It is one of the 14 original 1st-8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district of what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 6 (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon School Number 6, ca. 1950
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oai:mainememory.net:22791
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1920
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
Hermon School Number 12, the Coldbrook Road School, was built prior to 1897. The one-room school was rebuilt in 1924 after a fire. After closing, it was moved to Glenburn.
It was one of 14 original 1st - 8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district in what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 12 (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon School Number 12, ca. 1920
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oai:mainememory.net:22792
2018-10-18T08:27:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1905
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1905
Hermon School Number 9, also known as the Burnett School, was established in 1830. The one-room schoolhouse, in use until 1951, is still standing at the corner of the Pine Tree Road and Fuller Road.
It is one of the 14 original 1st - 8th grade schools, each of which was supported by its own district of what is now the town of Hermon. The early schoolhouses were replaced in 1951 by the new Hermon Elementary School building.
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One-room schools--Maine--Hermon
Rural schools--Maine--Hermon
Hermon School Number 9 (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon School Number 9, Hermon, ca. 1905
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oai:mainememory.net:27754
2018-10-18T08:28:17Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1920
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
Benjamin Hamm of Bangor became a co-owner of the Bangor Granite Company in the late 1890s. He was also the owner of a quarry in Frankfort.
At the turn of the century, granite from that quarry was used to carve a Soldier's Monument that was then hauled by 12 teams of horses to Hermon Center, where it still stands.
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Granite industry and trade--Maine--Bangor
Fur garments
Hamm, Benjamin
Benjamin Hamm, Bangor, ca. 1920
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oai:mainememory.net:22769
2018-10-31T08:39:17Z
contributor:hermonhs
1945
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1945
This building was the fourth (of six) high schools in the town of Hermon since the 1880's. It was built in 1933, off Billings Road, behind the site of the high school that burned in 1932. This building was used until 1952 when it, too, was lost to an early morning fire. There were 128 students enrolled in the high school at that time.
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High schools--Maine--Herman
Hermon High School (Hermon, Me.)
Hermon High School, 1933
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oai:mainememory.net:22770
2018-10-31T08:39:17Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1914
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1914
Hermon Pond is a 461 acre pond in the southwest corner of Hermon. Hermon's first settlement, first school district and many businesses grew up around the pond between 1855 and 1935. They included several stores, hotels and sawmills, a creamery and cheese factory, blacksmith, golf tee mill, railroad station and post office. In the winter, ice was cut from the pond, stored with sawdust insulation from the sawmills, and used to ship milk cans from the creamery west by rail.
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Lakes & ponds--Maine--Hermon
Hermon Pond, ca. 1914
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oai:mainememory.net:22771
2018-10-31T08:39:17Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1933
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1933
Bradford Lord began operating a grocery store out of his home on Route 2 at Northern Maine Junction in Hermon in the 1920s. The store was run by members of the Lord family for 50 years. The photo shows gas pumps in front of store.
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General stores--Maine--Hermon
Lord family
Automobile service stations--Maine--Hermon
Stores & shops--Maine--Hermon
Lord, Bradford
Lord's General Store
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oai:mainememory.net:22772
2018-10-31T08:39:17Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1940
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1940
In the 1930's the Newcomb family began operating the Pleasant View Restaurant on Garland Hill. Six cabins were built for travellers. The restaurant closed in the 1960's but the cabins continued to be rented until the early 1970's.
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Hotels--Maine--Hermon
Pleasant View Restaurant (Hermon, Me.)
Cabins--Maine--Hermon
Motels--Maine--Hermon
Tourist camps & hostels--Maine--Hermon
Pleasant View Cabins, Hermon, ca. 1940
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oai:mainememory.net:22778
2018-10-31T08:39:18Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1914
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1914
One of four original railroad stations in Hermon, Union Station was located at Northern Maine Junction.
Built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad in 1905, this was its largest rail yard.
Passengers and freight from the paper industry and potato growers were important sources of income. An overhead coal conveyor is seen in background of photo.
The railroad was a major employer for the area in the 1920s and 30s.
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Railroad stations--Maine--Hermon
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
Railroads--Maine
Union Station, Hermon, ca. 1914
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oai:mainememory.net:22788
2018-10-31T08:39:18Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1955
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1955
Hotel Turn Inn operated in Hermon at Coldbrook Road and Route 2 from the 1930's until it burned down in 1962. It also featured a cocktail lounge, which required some special consideration from Town Selectman in the 1930's, considering that Hermon was a "dry town" in those days.
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Alcoholic beverages--Maine--Hermon
Bars--Maine--Hermon
Hotels--Maine--Hermon
Turn Inn (Hermon, Me.)
Hotel Turn Inn, Hermon, ca. 1955
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oai:mainememory.net:22789
2018-10-31T08:39:18Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1914
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1914
Early settlers built camps or log homes, some of which were replaced by frame homes. This house was probably the first frame house built in Hermon. The Tracy farm, it was built on the Klatt Road, near the pond that bears the family name. This home has been torn down.
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Dwellings--Maine--Hermon
Houses--Maine--Hermon
Tracy family
First Frame House in Hermon, ca. 1914
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oai:mainememory.net:22787
2023-03-12T08:29:21Z
contributor:hermonhs
circa 1915
Hermon, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1915
Frank Bishop operated this store at Snow's Corner (corner of Fuller and Billings roads) from
1897 until his death when his son, Ernest Bishop, took over the business in 1921. The family's residence (shown at right) still exists on the site. At the time this photo was taken, (prior to 1920) one of Hermon's Post Offices was operating inside the store.
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Bishop family
Stores & shops--Maine--Hermon
General stores--Maine--Hermon
Post offices--Maine--Hermon
Bishop, Ernest
Bishop, Frank
Frank A. Bishop Store, Hermon, ca. 1915
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