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A sash and door factory was added to the mill complex by 1909, [2] and the company was reorganized as the Hammond Lumber Company in 1912. [3] Hammond Lumber Company built an emergency shipyard during World War I, and seven wooden steam-ships were built at Samoa between 1917 and 1919.[14] The 1921-22 Belcher Atlas of Humboldt County breaks down ...
The Talbot House is located on the west side of US 1 in East Machias, just south of its junction with Maine State Route 191. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof and clapboard siding. The steep portion of the mansard roof is finished in wood shingles, and is studded with round-arch dormers.
Pope and Talbot came to California in 1849 from East Machias, Maine. Pope & Talbot lumber company was very successful, with the high demand of the 1849 Gold Rush . Andrew Jackson Pope was born on Jan. 6, 1820, in East Machias, Maine, and died on Dec. 18, 1878, in San Francisco.
The East Machias Historic District encompasses the historic early center of the 19th century lumber and shipbuilding center of East Machias, Maine. The district includes houses built between about 1760 and 1880, several churches, and Washington Academy , a private school founded in 1792.
Frederic Hovey Talbot (February 26, 1819 - December 20, 1907) was an American businessman, and one of the founders of the Pope & Talbot, Inc. lumber company.. He was born in East Machias, Maine, the son of Peter Talbot III and Eliza Chaloner.
Psst: Did you hear that IHOP is offering its House Faves menu through March 31? Available at most locations every Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., it features four breakfast options ...
The Gates House is a historic house museum at 344 Port Road (Maine State Route 92) in Machiasport, Maine. Built in 1807, it is a remarkably high-quality Federal period house built in what was then a frontier area. The house is now owned by the Machiasport Historical Society, which uses it as its headquarters and museum.
Machias Bay is a bay in Washington County, Maine that opens into the Gulf of Maine. [1] The bay was the scene of the Battle of Machias — the first naval battle of the American Revolution , occasioned by the British need for lumber for Boston .