Harlow Street, East Market Square, Bangor, Maine, Circa 1894-1896

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Circa Date

1894-1896

Description

The intersection of Harlow Street, State Street, and Park Street, known as East Market Square about 1894 to 1896. Estimate based on The Wilson on the left. The only Bangor city directory listing The Wilson at 14 Harlow is the 1895-1896 city directory. Louise Wilson proprietor.

The 1897-1898 directory lists different owners, Fannie C. Heath and Margaret I. Gray, at The Wilson, having relocated to 228 State Street.

John H. Neal operated a sporting goods and gunsmith shop at 8 Harlow.

The taller building on the left is the fire station. The steeple in the center is for the First Baptist Church at 10 Center Street. This church was destroyed in the April 1911 fire. The church on the right is the Unitarian Universalist Society Church, which survived the fire, but lost its two steeples in that fire.

Keywords

East Market Square Bangor Maine, Harlow Street Bangor Maine, Park Street Bangor Maine, Center Street Bangor Maine, State Street Bangor Maine, Unitarian Universalist Society Church of Bangor Maine

Location

Bangor Maine

Medium

photograph