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F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (reporting mark BAR) was a United States railroad company that brought rail service to Aroostook County in northern Maine. Brightly-painted BAR boxcars attracted national attention in the 1950s. [1][2] First-generation diesel locomotives operated on BAR until they were museum pieces.
The West Market Square Historic District encompasses one of Bangor, Maine 's central urban business districts. Located at the junction of Main and Broad Streets, it has been a focal point of Bangor's economy and business since the city's incorporation in 1834. The district includes seven buildings reflective of its appearance in the late 19th ...
Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ɔːr / BANG-gor) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States.The city proper has a population of 31,753, [3] making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
Bangor Mall is a 60-acre (24 ha) shopping mall in Bangor, Maine, United States. Located off the Stillwater Avenue exit on Interstate 95, it serves as a shopping center for the surrounding Bangor area. Current stores include JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods. Previous anchors include Sears, which closed in 2018; Macy's (originally Filene's ...
The Building at 84–96 Hammond Street in Bangor, Maine, is a historically significant commercial and residential structure.Actually an amalgamation of three buildings constructed between 1834 and c. 1875, it is a rare surviving element of Bangor's once-significant furniture manufacturing industry, having seen use in that endeavor from the 1830s until the 1980s.
The Adams-Pickering Block is located in central Bangor, just south of West Market Square, at the northwest corner of Main and Middle Streets. It is a four-story, Second Empire -style building, which is distinctive for its granite facade, cast iron trim, and mansard roof. The Pickering Block, at the corner with Middle Street, is six bays wide ...
"Bangor", Maine Town Documents – via University of Maine Fogler Library This page was last edited on 22 September 2024, at 18:32 (UTC). Text is available under ...