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The Common is the town common of Union, Maine. Laid out about 1790 and acquired by the town in 1809, it is the oldest public town common in the state of Maine. It is the site of the town's various war and veterans memorials, and also has a bandstand. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
When Union celebrated on July 19, 1974, the bicentennial of its settlement, a time capsule was buried near the statue, to be dug up July 19, 2024. The capsule contains a picture of children from around the town and "scores of current memorabilia." Union was the subject of the 1940 historical novel, Come Spring, by author Ben Ames Williams. [6]
84000499 [1] Added to NRHP. December 27, 1984. The Lermond Mill, now also known as Morgan's Mill, is a historic mill complex on Payson Road in Union, Maine. With a history dating to the late 18th century, and its present buildings from the early 19th century, it is one of the oldest operational water-powered mills in the state of Maine.
The Old Town House stands on the east side of Town House Road (Maine State Route 235), up the hill from Union's town common. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has relatively plain trim around doors and windows, and short gable returns. The main entrance is a later Victorian double door.
This is a list of school districts in Maine.. Public school systems in Maine are in several types of school administrative units: Cities which have their own School Departments, also known as cities with individual supervision; School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more cities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students; Regional School Units ...
75000100 [ 1] Added to NRHP. April 28, 1975. The Ebenezer Alden House is a historic house on Common Street in Union, Maine, United States. Built in 1797, it is an unusually high quality and high style Federal period in an area that was very much a frontier at the time. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Union Fair. Coordinates: 44°12′49″N 69°17′10″W. The Union Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Union, Maine. [1] It began in 1869 and, since 1886, all fairs in Knox County have taken place in Union. [2][3] No fair was held in 1917–18, 1942–45 nor 2020. For many years the fair started on the third Saturday before Labor Day and ...
The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army (Union Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1–3, 1863. The 133rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine Army National Guard and the United ...