Phippsburg Congregational Church

Phippsburg Congregational Church was built in 1765. It is a place that many people worshiped in. The church was a home to shipbuilders of the local area. Within the church there are many historical documents. They hold and perverse the documents. The new building was built in 1802. The church sit up on a hill at the start of the Parker Head Rd. When I was there I only got to look around and take pictures. There was one lady outside doing yard work with her dog. We had a nice conversation about the project that I was doing!

Malaga Island

In December of 1911 the orders were sent to the islanders that they were to leave by July 1, 1912. Residents were paid varying sums of money for their homes. They were paid any where between $50.00 and $300.00 for their homes only. They were not giving anything for the lose of their land. In 1912 a mixture of forty five people lived on Malaga Island. Nearly a quarter of the islanders were sent to Maine School for the Feeble-Mined the others were sent off to fend for themselves. State workers torched their home right in front of them and dug up the bones of their ancestors. With the homes that they did not burn they send down the New Meadows River. There is no trace of anyone living on the island ever. Captain Lane went to the island and moved his school house to Louds Island in Muscongus Bay.

Wyoming

The Wyoming is a life size model of a ship that is located at the Maine Maritime Museum.

Maine Maritime Museum

The Maine Maritime Museum is located in Bath. It is a place where people can go to see the differnt exhibits, artifacts, interactive areas for children and adults, an historic shipyard with five of the original 19th century buildings, a Victorian-era shipyard owners home, an active waterfront a life-size sculptural representation of the largest wooden sailing vessel ever built, and a scenic campus on the bank of the Kennebec River. It was very education going to the Museum. I enjoyed see the different exhibits about the was ships were built. When I was there only three other people were at the museum. It was a very slow day, but I go to walk around and see things without crowds around me. The best part was see the view of the Kennebec River.

The Plant Home

Thomas G Plant grew up in poverty and, as the nation's first Franco-American industrialist, paid the highest wadge and provided the best working conditions in American shoe industry. He was a very special man. When his mother got sick he uilt this house for her to get well in. It has become an assisted living home. The house is now split up into room with a common area, a living room, T.V. room dinning room and different staff offices. I believe that Mr. Plant would be very glad to see the tremendous progress of the home. When I was there it was lunch time, I was visiting my mother. The people all welcomed and I sat and asked a few of them how the liked living there. Each one of the told me that its just as good as living at home!

Parker Head Village

This village was named for pioneer Parker families who owned land in the area in 1659. The story behind the neck was when Gen. Benedict Arnald, at the start of the March to Qubecce in Sept 1775, visited John Parker who was living on the neck at the time sat and consuming a rum toddy together. Parker's grave is one of the 19 known Revolutiony war site in Phippsburg.

Chamberlain House

The Joshua L Chamberlain Museum is an amazing keepsake of Maine history. When walking into the museum one would walk right into a gift shop, which is the only part of the house that is different from when the Chamberlain's lived there. Walking around the house you would get to see pictures of Chamberlain and his family, Chamberlain's army uniform, and original furniture to the home. The people that have put together the museum have done a great job of collecting things of Chamberlains and placing them in the same place where they were wen he lived there. During the tour I learned a lot of interesting infromation about Chamberlain and his family. I enjoyed looking in the office area were there was a collection of his Civil War things. There was his unifom, a picture of his horse and the bollet that shot and injured him during battle. There was many great detials that were put into the house that let people see a different side of Joshua L Chamberlain.

Photos By: Nicole Brassard