Item 25525 - Maine State Building, Poland Spring, ca. 1900
- Item 25525 - Maine State Building, Poland Spring, ca. 1900
- Contributed by Poland Spring Preservation Society
- Item 25525
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Image Info The Maine State Building at the Poland Spring resort was built of various types of Maine granite, slate and wood for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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At the end of the fair, the Rickers bought the building, had it taken apart and transported it to Poland Spring on 16 rail cars.
The building was reassembled and modified somewhat. It was opened in the summer of 1895. It housed a library, the "Hill-Top" newspaper office, art gallery and a museum. There also were guest rooms in the building.
