Main Street Inn history

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Year built: 1961 Original name: Wedgewood Arms Motor Inn Original owners: Forrest and Betty Grant Original cost: $200,000 ($51,000 for land) Most recent owner: L&C Corp., owned by Chiou Lin of Hampden Most…
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Year built: 1961

Original name: Wedgewood Arms Motor Inn

Original owners: Forrest and Betty Grant

Original cost: $200,000 ($51,000 for land)

Most recent owner: L&C Corp., owned by Chiou Lin of Hampden

Most recent number of rooms: 65

Most recent assessed value: $990,900

From a postcard from the inn’s early days: “Maine’s Newest and Finest Motel offers you 43 units, restaurant, individual baseboard heating, salesman’s sample room, Executive suite, phone in every room, free T.V., wall to wall carpeting. Every room has combination tub and shower.”

SOURCE: City of Bangor assessor’s office


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