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Haystack was founded in 1950 by a group of craft artists in the Belfast, Maine area, with support from Mary Beasom Bishop. [1] The first director of Haystack was Francis Sumner Merritt, whose wife Priscilla Merritt was also an administrator. [2] It took its name from its original location near Haystack Mountain, in Montville, Maine. [3]
The Holmes-Crafts Homestead is a historic house at the southern junction of Old Jay Hill Road and Main Street (Maine State Route 4) in Jay, Maine.Built in the early 19th century, it is a well-preserved local example of Federal architecture, and was home to James Starr, one of the first settlers of the area and a prominent local lawyer and politician.
Theresa Secord (born 1958) is an artist, basketmaker, geologist and activist from Maine. She is a member of the Penobscot nation, and the great-granddaughter of the well-known weaver Philomene Saulis Nelson. [1] She co-founded, and was the director of, the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) in Old Town, Maine. [2]
Joseph Anthony Conforti (born February 1, 1945) is an American historian, educator, editor, author, and academic. Conforti is known for his contributions to American studies and the cultural and religious history of New England. [1]
YORK, Maine — Maine’s earliest surviving structurally unaltered home is under the stewardship of the Old York Historical Society, thanks to a donation from the heirs of Mary McIntire Davis ...
The remaining buildings were built mostly in the 19th century, in a variety of styles. The town's growth was influenced by the founding of Gorham Academy, which opened in 1806, and whose campus, located immediately northwest of the center, is now home to the University of Southern Maine. Most of the buildings in the district are residential ...
The Lady Pepperrell House is an American historic house in Kittery Point, Maine.It stands on State Route 103, opposite the First Congregational Church and Parsonage.Built in 1760 by Lady Mary Pepperrell, widow of Sir William Pepperrell, the house is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in New England.
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