BREWER PENOBSCOT MAINE

courtesy m dutil-morin

10-20-2003


THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN6/10/1889, BREWER'S 1ST FREE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL OPENED IN 1873, CLASSES WERE HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, LATER IN THE BRIMMER ST SCHOOL, STUDENTS AND FACULTY POSE IN THE FRONT OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT SO MAIN AND SCHOOL ST,	CAPT SAMUEL H BARBOUR FAMILY ABT 1883, BARBOURS NAME WAS KNOWN AS THE QUALITY SHIPBUILDING IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, THEY TURNED OUT 24 STEAMERS AND AS WELL AS SEVERAL SCHOONERS abt 1875 -1895	BREWER BRICKS WERE ON GREAT DEMAND IN CITIES SUCH AS BOSTON, BOSTON HAD SUFFERED FROM THE GREAT FIRE OF 1872, MUCH OF BEAON HILL DISTRICK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CONTRUCTED OF THESE BRICKS, AN 1857 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE NOTED THE DECLINE OF BANGOR'S BRICK MAKING OPERATIONS AND THE RISE OF BREWER'S , APPRARENTLY THE CLAY WAS OF HIGHER QUALITY ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER

BURR BLOCK TAKEN AFTER THE ALL STEEL BRIDGE WAS OPENED IN 1912 ON RIGHT IS THE SWITCHING HOUSE AND GAS PUMPS AT THE FAR RIGHT,	COUNTLESS MEMORIES WENT UP IN FLAMES THE DAY THE OLD CITY HALL WAS DESTROYED 3/1937, THE BUILDING HAD HOUSED, HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES, JAIL CELLS, CITY CLERKS OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROOMS, A STAGE WAS MUCH USED ACROSS THE SOUTH END OF A MEETING ROOM ON THE TOP FLOOR, THE RAFTERS ALSO RESONATED WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE FIREMAN'S BALL, CHURCH FAIRS, AND BOXING MATCHES about 1900	BREWER WATER FRONT ABT 1900

BREWER HOLYOKE SQUARE AT NORTH MAIN AND CENTER STS, PATTEN BLOCK ON THE RIGHT, THE SMOKE STAKE COULD HAVE BELONGED TO SMITH PLANNING MILL ON THE RIVER	BRIMMER SQUARE ABT 1900 AT WILSON AND MAIN STS WERE NORMALLY QUITE BUSY,	WATER THE STREETS NORTH MAIN ST CARTER BLOCK IN BACK GROUND ,BEFORE THE LUXURY OF PAVED STREETS, SPRINKLING CARTS WERE PRESSED INTO SURFACE IN DRY WEATHER TO 'LAY DOWN' THE DUST

CAP MORRILL FISH MARKET, SO BREWER, CAP HAD 3 SONS, HENRY, JAMES AND CARLETON OFF IN EUROPE FIGHTING THE NAZIS, THE YOUNGEST OF 4 SONS, RICHARD WOULD JOIN HIS BROTHERS IN THE ARMY, CAP RETIRED AFTER THE WAR ENDED AND HIS FOUR SONS TOOK OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS, abt ww II TODAY THE FSIH MARKET IS OPERTATED BY CAP'S GRANDSON PHIL MORRILL IN A MODERN BUILDING IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK THIS SOUTH MAIN STREET PROPERTY WITH THE PAINTING OUTSIDE IS NOW CALLED THE CAPTAINS MARKET	FARRINGTON GENERAL STORE CENTER ST OWNERS: BROTHERS CHARLES O & EDWARD P FARRINGTON OPENED IN 1849 STOCKED WITH GROCERIES, DRY GOODS. WOOLEN CLOTHING AND HARDWARE, SIGN BOASTED THAT THEIR HARDWARE WAS "CHEAPER THAN IN BANGOR", BREWER SAVINGS BANK, LOCATED UPSTAIRS, HAD MOVED TO NO MAIN ST WHEN MAURICE B MACLAUGHLIN BOUGHT THE STORE ABT 1930,	STEAMER CIMRIA BUILT AT THE BARBOUR YARD, BREWER MAINE IN 1882, CONSIDERED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE BARBOUR BOATS, MOST PROFITABLE OF THE RIVER STEAMERS, NAMED FOR A RUSSIAN TROOP SHIP THAT RAN AGROUND OFF SOUTH WEST HARBOR IN 1878

UNION BLOCK AT SO MAIN & WILSON ST SHOWS A NAME CHANGE OF DANFORTH BROTHERS HARDWARE, NEXT DOOR IS A&P GROCERY, LITTLE HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE AT THE LEFT WAS THE FIRST PHOTOGRAHIC STUDIO OF J CRAIG THAYER, THE BLOCK IS STILL STANDING AND USUALLY FULLY OCCUPIED, NAMES OF DANFORTH & A&P HAVE GONE THE WAY OF THE OLD FASHIONED GASOLINE PUMPS IN THE FRONT abt 1900	FRANK A FLOYD, CHANGED THE FACE OF BREWER EDUCATION WHEN HE ORGANIZED THE SO-CALLED CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 1873, THE FREE SCHOOL'S FIRST PRICIPAL, WAS A BOWDOIN GRADUATE SENT TO BREWER WITH THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION OF COLLEGE PRESIDENT JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN, FLOYED'S 1940 OBIT LAUDED THE 92 YEAR OLD AS A RESPECTED EDUCATOR, BANKER AND ATTORNY HAVING BEEN ADMITTED TO THE PENOBSCOT COUNTY BAR IN 1876	GRAMMER SCHOOL SO MAIN & PENDELTON ST FORMER SCHOOL HOUSE IS NOW HOME OF VAN RAYMOND OUTFITTERS 388 MAIN ST

ALFRED HOWE SHIP ON LEFT, HOPE SHIP ON RIGHT, HOME FOR REPAIRS, DRYDOCK ABT 1870 DARE DEVIL WORKERS ARE PERCHED ALOFT ON THE HIGH MAST ONE OF THE FINEST PHOTOGRAPHS EVER TAKEN ON THE BREWER WATERFRONT AT WILLIAM MCGILVER'S SHIPYARD	STATE OF THE ART ICEHOUSE AND ELEVATOR WAS LOCATED ON SO MAIN ST, CUTTING, STORING, AND TRANSPORTING ICE WAS A DANGEROUS, AND TRICKY BUSINESS, JOB WAS DIRTY AND COLD, AND WORKERS HAD TO HAVE THEIR WITS ABOUT THEM TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, EACH ICE CAKE ENTERED THE ELEVATOR IT PASSED UNDER A KNIFE THAT REMOVED THE "SNOW ICE" AND CUT THE CAKE TO A UNIFORM DEPTH OF 12 INCHES	MARSH GROCERY STORE FORREST B MARSH OWNER, WAS A FIXTURE AT THE CORNER OF SO MAIN AND WILSON ST EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY, HE OPERATED THE BUSINESS WITH HAZEN AND FRED DANFORTH, FOR YEARS THE SCALES IN FRONT OF THE STORE WERE THE ONLY WEIGHING MECHANISM IN BANGOR AND BREWER, , HIS DAUGHTER RECALLED "DAD COULD GRAB A BARREL OF FLOUR AND PUT IT ON HIS SHOULDER, AND GO RIGHT UP THE STAIRS TO AN APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOUR" abt 1890

A PAINT STORE AT CENTER & NO MAIN ST, THE UPPER SIGN STATES WASHBURN IS A PRACTICAL PAINTER, IN 1888 HE ADVERTISED A FULL LINE OF PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH,WALLPAPER, AND BORDERS, abt 1890	HOLYOKE SQUARE BREWER AT NORTH MAIN & CENTER ST NOT PAVED, PATTEN BLOCK ON RIGHT WAS EARLY LOCATION OF BREWER SAVINGS BANK	GREETINGS FROM SOUTH BREWER

1117 TON SHIP JENNIE HIGHT LAUNCHED 11/6/1865 WAS LOST ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE ON THE FLORIDA REEFS EN ROUTE TO BANGOR TO NEW ORLEANS	JAMES J COULTER RENTED OUT HORSE DRAWN BUCKBOARDS, AND HACKS (FINISHED CARRIAGES) CORNER OF WILSON AND SO MAIN ST BREWER COULTER PROVIDED SERVICE FOR FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS, RENAMED SMART AND BARTLETT'S THE BLOCK WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE ON 7/4/1924 CAUSED BY A CARELESSLY TOSSED FIRECRACKER abt 1900	PANORAMIC VIEW OF BREWER MAINE ABR 1885

46 CENTER ST, LATER KNOWN AS LANDRY'S INC APPLICANCES, EARLIER KNOWN AS BENJAMIN F YOUNG'S GROCERY, MEAT AND FISH STORE, "THE SHIP STORES" SIGN AROUND THE CORNER SUGGEST AN EXTENSION OF YOUNG'S BUSINESS SPECIALIZING IN MARINERS PROVISIONS, ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH HAD A PARISH HALL UPSTAIRS, ABT 1890	SARGENT SCHOOL CLASS PORTRAIT DAY ON PENDLETON ST, THE REMOVAL OF THE LARGE WOODEN BUILDING, WHICH BOASTED A BELL TOWER THAT WAS VISIBLE FOR SOME DISTANCE, EVENTUALLY MADE WAY FOR THE MODERN PENDLETON ST SCHOOL NEARBY ABT 1890	WILLIAM MCGILVERY'S SHIPYARD AND DRYDOCK, MCGILVERY BUILT TWO SHORT MARINE RAILWAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAULING THE ALFRED HOWE( LEFT) AND HOPE (RIGHT) UP FROM THE RIVER FOR REPAIRS, DAREDEVIL WORKERS ARE PERCHED ALOFT ON THE HIGH MAST ABT 1870

STATE OF THE ART ICEHOUSE AND ELEVATOR WAS LOCATED ON SO MAIN ST, CUTTING, SORTING, AND TRANSPORTING ICE WAS A DANGEROUS, AND TRICKY BUSINESS, JOB WAS DIRTY AND COLD, AND WORKERS HAD TO HAVE THEIR WITS ABOUT THEM TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, EACH ICE CAKE ENETERED THE ELEVATOR IT PASSED UNDER A KNIFE THAT REMOVED THE "SNOW ICE" AND CUT THE CAKE TO A UNIFORM DEPTH OF 12 INCHES	OLD ST TERESA CHURCH IN SO BREWER WAS DESTROYED ON 11/6/1945 CONSTUCTION OF THE WOODEN BUILDING BEGAN IN 1894 TO SERVE THE TOWNS GROWING CATHOLIC POPULATION, IN 1896 THE PARISH WAS BORN, GROWING RAPIDLY INTO THE NEXT CENTURYa bt 1900	MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD, OFFICE AT BREWER JUNCTION ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS OVER TO BANGOR SIMPLY TO RIDE BACK OVER TO BREWER EN ROUTE TO POINTS EAST BETWEEN PARKER & WILSON STS

WOOD HUGGARD 255 NORTH MAIN ST UNDERTAKERS ABT 1900 ADVERTISED: "THE MOST COMPLETE LINE OF GOODS EAST OF BOSTON" ALSO "CHAPELFOR FUNERALS FREE OF CHARGE" IN FRONT THE MODEL T FORD AND HEARSE DRIVER JOSEPH E HUGGARD	ST TERESA CHURCH IN SO BREWER WAS DESTROYED ON 11/6/1945 CONSTUCTION OF THE WOODEN BUILDING BEGAN IN 1894 TO SERVE THE TOWNS GROWING CATHOLIC POPULATION, IN 1896 THE PARISH WAS BORN, GROWING RAPIDLY INTO THE NEXT CENTURY abt 1900	PASSENGER BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1846, FOLLOWING A SPRING FLOOD THAT DESTROYED A VITURALLY INDENTICAL COVERED BRIDGE IN THE SAME LOCATION, THIS BRIGE IN TURN WAS DAMAGED IN A 1902 FLOOD, TOLLS ON, THE ONLY SOLID LINK BETWEEN BANGOR AND BREWER, NOW REPLACE BY THE JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN BRIDGE abt 1900

BUSY MAIN ST AND WILSON ST WAS NORMALLY QUITE BUSY WITH TRAFFICE COMING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, STREET PAVING IN THE CITY BEGAN IN 1908-09 WITH 375 FFEET OF MACADAMIZED ROAD, BEGINNING AT CENTER ST, ABT 1900	SMITH PLANNING MILL WORKERS ACCOMPANIED BY A COUPLE OF CHILDREN, TAKE A BREAK FROM SAWING AND PLANING TO POSE FOR A GROUP PORTRAIT, THE MILL WAS INCORP IN 1882 THE YEAR OF THE FIRST FIRE, DURING A PORTION OF THE SEASON THE COMPANY MANUFACTURED BOX BOARDS FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPPING CASES FOR VARIOUS MANUFACTURING FIRMS,SHINGLES, CLAPBOARDS, AND LATHS ALSO WERE MADE THERE abt 1890	TOURING CAR OF DR J ALBERT LETHIECQ (LA-CHECK) PARKED IN FRONT HIS OFFICE, AT 115 WILSON ST, HE LIVED AT 178 WILSON ST, PHYSICIANS OFTEN OWNED THE FIRST AUTOMOBILES IN TOWN, GRANITE HORSE HITCHING POSTS BEHIND THE CAR OFFER A STUDY IN CHANGING ERAS, DR LETHIECQ (DELIVERED MOST OF OUR FAMILY!!!!abt 1900)

TRITON SCHOONER SHIP LAUNCHING ABT 1900	NO MAIN ST NEAR THE WILSON ST INTERSECTION WAS A BUSTLING CITY CENTER IN THE 1920S, HARDWARE STORE OWNERS HAZEN AND FRED DANFORTH SOLD GULF GASOLINE FOR 22 CENTS PER GALLON, MOTORISTS MAY BE DRIVING TO THE OLD CITY HALL, VISIBLE BEHIND THE TREES AT THE TOP RIGHT, OR A THOROUGHFARE AS BREWER ENTERS THE 21ST CENTRUY, THE CHURCH STILL BECKONS SUNDAY WORSHIPPERS, THE CITY HALL WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1937