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Barn, Bethel, Maine Androscoggin River, late March, Bethel, Maine. Bethel is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2020 census. [3] It includes the villages of Bethel and West Bethel. The town is home to Gould Academy, a private preparatory school, and is near the Sunday River ski resort.
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 ...
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 ...
The Dr. Moses Mason House is a historic house museum at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Mason Street in Bethel, Maine.Built c. 1813–15, it is notable as the home of one of Bethel's early doctors and first postmaster, Moses Mason (1789-1866), and for the murals drawn on some of its walls by the itinerant artist (among other professions he engaged) Rufus Porter.
West Bethel is an unincorporated village in the town of Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 2 and the Androscoggin River, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Paris. West Bethel has an active post office, which was opened January 12, 1837. The post office was originally located in the store on the ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Bethel, Maine" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.