About this special section

“Rediscovering Bangor’s Past” is a companion piece to the Bangor Daily News series

“Ethnic Bangor: Rediscovering Our Cty’s Past” The primary source was “Woodsmen

and Whigs, Historic Images of Bangor, Maine” by Abigail Ewing Zelz and Marilyn Zoidis, published by The Donning Company, 1991. Excerpts taken from this volume and the photos published here are courtesy of the Bangor Museum and Center For History, and courtesy of private collections. The Birds Eye Map is from the U.S. Library of Congress.

About the Bangor Museum and History Center

The museum is renovating its future home at 25 Broad Street, located near the Pickering Square Parking Garage and across the street from the Whig and Courier Pub in historic West Market Square. The anticipated opening date is 2008.

In the meantime, visit the museum at the following locations.

Thomas A. Hill House

159 Union St., Bangor, Maine 04401

207-942-5766

Admission $5 Adults, $4 Seniors, kids free

Hours: Tours available Tuesday-Friday, noon – 3 p.m. by appointment only.

Minerva’s Museum Store, the museum’s temporary location

115 Main St., Bangor, Maine 04401

207-942-1900

Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.