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The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) is a geology museum located in Bethel, Maine. [1] [2] It displays a collection of rocks, minerals, and meteorites.The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum celebrates Earth and cultivates critical thinking through education, research and dynamic exhibits—all designed to inspire visitors about Maine's geologic history, pegmatite mining, and our planet's place in ...
The Samuel D. Philbrook House is a historic house at 162 Main Street in Bethel, Maine. Built in 1878-79 by a local businessman, it is probably the most elaborate Italianate residence in the community, and one of the finest of the type in Oxford County. It now houses a retail space in the first floor and attached barn, with living space above.
The foreclosing bank, the Bethel Savings Bank, occupied most of the first floor, through the southern storefront, until 1974, while a variety of commercial tenants occupied the other side. The Odeon Hall on the upper floors was a major social venue in the town, housing all manner of private and public functions, including graduation ceremonies ...
John Philbrook, the buyer, was a native of Shelburne, New Hampshire who attended Bethel's Gould Academy. He began his career in farming and lumber, and eventually became a merchant, and served several terms in the Maine State Senate and as a county commissioner. Left vacant for a number of years following Philbrook's death, the home was ...
The society was founded as the Bethel Historical Society on May 31, 1966 at a meeting at the Bethel Library Association. Eighteen individuals gathered for that first meeting, including Eva Bean, the author of East Bethel Road, [2] who became the secretary and is considered by the society to be its founder.
Pages in category "Shopping malls in Maine" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... This page was last edited on 18 August 2019, ...
Maine State Route 5 joins Route 2 in Bethel but runs south through the village center and continues southwest 36 miles (58 km) to Fryeburg. State Route 26 leads southeast from Bethel 24 miles (39 km) to South Paris. Bethel was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. [2]
Bethel Hill was a small community in the early 19th century, numbering only four houses in 1814 (one of which, the Dr. Moses Mason House, still stands and is operated as a historic house museum by the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society). Broad Street was accepted by the town in 1807, and the town common, located on its northwest side, was ...