State Street Looking Toward Bangor City Hall, Bangor, Maine, Circa 1905

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Circa Date

1905

Description

The intersection of State Street, Harlow Street, and Exchange Street in downtown Bangor, Maine. City Hall, the Hersey Building, can be seen just right of center.

Back of photo says circa 1905. This seems accurate when looking through Bangor city directories of that time.

Business viewed through magnification include:

Holt & Kendall, gunsmiths, at 50 State Street. James W. Holt and William A. Kendall. First appeared in the 1903 Bangor city directory. In the 1901 directory, business was Holt & Clewley. Fred S. Clewley.

E.T. Fernald Ladies and Gents Tailoring at 60 State. Eugene T. Fernald.

William L. Eldridge, bookstore and news depot, 62 State.

The tall building in the left foreground is the Morse Oliver Building. Built in 1899, destroyed by the 1911 fire, this was Bangor's "skyscraper" of the era.

Keywords

State Street Bangor Maine, Bangor Maine early 20th century, Hersey Building Bangor Maine, Morse Oliver Building Bangor Maine

Location

Bangor Maine

Medium

photograph