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The Connors House (also known as a Former Home for Aged Women) is a historic house at 277 State Street in Bangor, Maine.Built about 1866–67, it is a fine example of the "Bangor style" of Second Empire architecture, notable as the last known work of architect Benjamin S. Deane, and as the home of Edward Connors, operator of Bangor's log boom and the city's wealthiest Irish-American.
During the past several years the number of craft breweries in Maine has increased. According to the most recent information from the Brewers Association, which is an advocate for the Craft Brew industry, Maine now has over 90 breweries of various sizes across the state. [8] 2 Feet Brewing Company - Bangor - Opened in 2016 [9]
In 1832, a cholera epidemic in Saint John, New Brunswick, (part of the Second cholera pandemic) sent as many as eight hundred poor Irish immigrants walking to Bangor. This was the beginning of Maine's first substantial Irish-Catholic community. Competition with Americans for jobs caused a riot and resulting fire in 1833. [65]
Irish pubs were often equipped with a snug, a more secluded or private room with seating, similar to that of a British pub's snug.A typical snug within an Irish pub, while within the pub's premises, is usually separated from the rest of the pub by walls or partitions, has or used to have a door and is equipped with a hatch for serving drinks.
St. John's Catholic Church is a historic church at 217 York Street in Bangor, Maine.Built in 1855 at the height of the anti-immigrant Know Nothing movement, it stands as a major symbol of the city's Irish-American heritage, and a high quality local example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Broadway reflects Bangor's aspirations, in the 1820s-1830s, to become one of the chief port cities in New England, if not the East Coast. It was laid out roughly on the model of Boston's Beacon Hill, with a green strip running down the center for the first two blocks, planted with a double row of elm trees. A few blocks further on, the street ...
An American woman who previously posed as heiress to a fortune faces extradition to Northern Ireland to face charges in connection with alleged schemes in which she is accused of duping investors ...
The Smith House is set on the northwest side of Summer Street, between it and Main Street (United States Route 202), overlooking Bangor's historic waterfront area. The house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure, with brick side walls, a matchboarded front facade, and clapboarded rear. It has a roof with the gable oriented toward the front ...