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Maine Preservation Our Mission is to promote and preserve historic places, buildings, downtowns and neighborhoods, strengthening the cultural and economic vitality of Maine.

BOO! 👻 Some rather spooky residents are lurking in Portland’s West End… 📍The George F. West Mansion, Portland Greater Po...
10/26/2026

BOO! 👻 Some rather spooky residents are lurking in Portland’s West End…

📍The George F. West Mansion, Portland Greater Portland Landmarks

There are endless stories to be discovered in the Pine Tree State. 🌲After being closed for more than five years for esse...
10/24/2026

There are endless stories to be discovered in the Pine Tree State. 🌲After being closed for more than five years for essential renovations, the Maine State Museum is reopening their doors TODAY!

that the Maine State Museum holds tens of thousands of artifacts in their history collections? What’s more, in collaboration with Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the museum has created an online database FULL of stereographs and photo postcards that span from the 1850s to the 1950s. Every object offers a window into the past. 🔍📜 Happy exploring!

📸Pictured: (1) Painting of the Maine State House by Charles Codman, 1834, courtesy of Maine State Museum; (2) Stereograph depicting Exchange St, Portland, 1870s, courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission

😱 Dry rot? Cracking foundation?! Creaky floorboards? 🔨 If your home maintenance to-do list is the scariest thing you’ll ...
10/22/2026

😱 Dry rot? Cracking foundation?! Creaky floorboards? 🔨 If your home maintenance to-do list is the scariest thing you’ll encounter this Halloween season, then look no further than our upcoming MONDAY MEET-UP for homeowners!

Being the steward of a historic house often comes with challenges. Whether you’re dealing with drafty windows or searching for a trusted roofer, we’re here to help and so are your peers! Join the conversation to share strategies, find support, and connect with other homeowners in Maine. Let’s get your chore list checked off!

📆WHEN: November 2, 12pm-1pm
💻WHERE: Virtually, via Zoom
🔗Register now using the link in our bio.

Flannel season in Maine is rapidly approaching! 🍂🧣 With cooler temps and shorter days on the horizon–not to mention risi...
10/20/2026

Flannel season in Maine is rapidly approaching! 🍂🧣 With cooler temps and shorter days on the horizon–not to mention rising fuel costs–maintaining a comfortable home at a reasonable price is on many Mainers' minds. Now is an opportune time to make efficiency improvements in your home. Enter WindowDressers! Serving Northern New England, WindowDressers is a volunteer-driven non-profit committed to improving warmth in homes, reducing pollution, and building community.

🪟 Visit their website to learn more about “community builds” and see a comprehensive list of upcoming opportunities to participate. These gatherings are a great way to get to know your neighbors while taking advantage of an accessible, low-cost energy efficiency improvement.

📸Image credits: WindowDressers

What’s that sound amidst the thunderous waves and bellowing fog horn? Could it be a phantom keeper climbing the creaky s...
10/18/2026

What’s that sound amidst the thunderous waves and bellowing fog horn? Could it be a phantom keeper climbing the creaky stairs!?👻If you ever find yourself at one of Maine’s 66 lighthouses, chances are, you won’t be alone. Visitors and keepers of these navigation towers have reported paranormal activities, mysterious voices, and other spooky happenings:

📍 Wood Island Lighthouse
📍 Seguin Island Light Station
📍 Burnt Island Light
📍 Owls Head Lighthouse
📍 Matinicus Rock Light

The only thing scarier than a haunted lighthouse? Rising sea levels and their threat to these cultural icons and aids to navigation. In 2024, we named Maine Light Stations in our list of Most Endangered Historic Places with hopes of bringing awareness to their vulnerability. You can view more at-risk sites and the 2026 list by clicking the link in our bio.

📸: (1) Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse, (2) Maine Historical Society, (3 + 4) National Archives, (5) Maine State Museum

, 60 years ago, the National Historic Preservation Act was passed in response to Urban Renewal policies of the 1960s th...
10/15/2026

, 60 years ago, the National Historic Preservation Act was passed in response to Urban Renewal policies of the 1960s that resulted in demolition of countless historic places like Bangor Union Station, pictured here.

🚨Today, URGENT ACTION is needed to defend America’s historic fabric. On November 9, the Senate is expected to vote on legislation that could cause irreparable harm to America's cherished historic places. We have little time to act—and the stakes could not be higher.

The proposed permitting reform bill, The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, would make sweeping changes to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, threatening meaningful consultation with Tribal Nations, preservation offices, and local communities while also limiting which historic places receive protection. These changes could permanently undermine one of our nation’s most important tools for protecting historic places and ensuring communities have a voice in decisions that affect them.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. What can you do?

📞CALL Senator King and Senator Collins immediately. Urge them to oppose The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act and reject provisions that undermine historic preservation protections.

🌐MOBILIZE your networks. Share this call to action with your friends and family. Encourage everyone you know to contact their senators (in Maine and elsewhere) by phone and email.

📣AMPLIFY the message. Use social media, submit op-eds, and engage local leaders to make clear what is at stake for communities nationwide.

November 9 is a critical moment for the future of historic places in America. We cannot afford to wait. Every call, every message, and every advocate matters. Please act now and help ensure that Congress hears a strong, nationwide call to protect our historic places and the communities that depend on them.

🔗Find helpful scripts for contacting our senators & more information about
Section 106 at the link in our bio.

📸Image Credit: Maine Memory Network, courtesy of Bangor Public Library

🚨ENDANGERED: Wild Blueberry Land🚨Dell and Marie Emerson built a 26-foot-tall blueberry and opened Wild Blueberry Land in...
10/15/2026

🚨ENDANGERED: Wild Blueberry Land🚨

Dell and Marie Emerson built a 26-foot-tall blueberry and opened Wild Blueberry Land in 2001, instantly creating a roadside attraction and landmark for those traveling down the coast along Route 1. Inside, visitors are treated to fresh baked goods, an education on the 10,000-year history of wild blueberry cultivation, and a glimpse of the unique frame of the geodesic structure. Dell and Marie hold dear their roadside creation but have quietly put the property on the market and are in search of someone to carry out their legacy.

🫐TAKE ACTION! Do you know someone who is ready to steward this beloved roadside blueberry? Dell and Marie have received no shortage of offers, but the potential buyers’ intent has always been to tear down and redevelop the site. The ideal owner for Wild Blueberry Land would be the Passamaquoddy Nation, the original stewards of the land where the property now sits.

🔗To learn more about this endangered site and how to inquire about purchasing the property, visit the link in our bio.

📸: Jim Stewart, Elsie Parrot, Zach McClimon

🌏On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we are honoring the original stewards of the land across the country and in what is now the...
10/12/2026

🌏On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we are honoring the original stewards of the land across the country and in what is now the State of Maine.

📌During our last Old Building Forum, we heard from Sarah Hansen of Maine Semiquincentennial Commission as she shared sites and stories from the Maine Atlas: a collection of 250 curated entries that highlight the depth and diversity of Maine’s history and culture. Amongst these items are wax cylinder recordings of members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.

🔊In 1890, anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes set off to Pemskutik (Calais) to conduct one of the earliest known ethnographic audio documentations in the world. Fragments of songs, legends, creation stories, and linguistic terms were shared by members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. In 2019, Dwayne Tomah (pictured), the youngest fluent speaker of the language, began translating the recorded songs. The recordings continue to serve as a crucial tool for reconnecting the Passamaquoddy community with their ancestral language, knowledge, and traditions.

🎧Read more about the recordings and listen for yourself at www.maine.gov/sos/maineatlas/

📸Photo credits: American Indigenous History, Library of Congress

It’s “kinda chic” to be late to the trend…really late. Did anybody think we would catch onto this one in time? May all t...
10/11/2026

It’s “kinda chic” to be late to the trend…really late. Did anybody think we would catch onto this one in time? May all the old buildings in Maine and beyond last longer than any social media trend! Preservation is always in style.
📸Photo credits (1) Maine Memory Network, (3) Vintage Glass Works, (5) Internet Archives

🚨ENDANGERED: Historic Tombs of Hillside Cemetery🚨Eastport’s early-nineteenth-century burial tombs were built for the loc...
10/09/2026

🚨ENDANGERED: Historic Tombs of Hillside Cemetery🚨

Eastport’s early-nineteenth-century burial tombs were built for the local Masonic lodge and a trio of prominent Eastport families. Their dueling convex and concave mansard roofs stand out from the memorial landscape of Hillside Cemetery and top the City’s oldest extant brick structures. Decades of deferred maintenance and freeze-thaw cycles have compromised the underground brick chambers and the outside retaining walls.

🗣️TAKE ACTION! Additional voices, backed by regional support, would show the City of Eastport that the tombs are worthy of preservation. We encourage Eastport residents to call on their locally elected officials to create a preservation plan and to pursue listing in the National Register of Historic Places to unlock critical funding opportunities.

🔗To learn more about this endangered site and efforts to save it, visit the link in our bio.

📸Photo credits: Hugh French, Thaddeus Holownia

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