Dublin Core
Title
Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE,HISTORY,PEOPLE,SOCIAL HISTORY
Description
The Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, located in Peaks Island, Maine, was built in 1888 by veterans of the Fifth Maine Volunteer Regiment. It is a two-story building, constructed in the Queen Anne style and it is a combination of a communal centre with a commemorative space. The building served as a memorial and reunion space for Civil War veterans and their descendants, with the last reunion held there being in 1940. In 1956, the building was given to the community of the island by the veterans’ descendants and has been used as a museum since then.
Source
american
Date
1888
Contributor
md269@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Still Image
Spatial Coverage
current,43.6653426,-70.1826680;
License
Creative Commons Attribution License
Europeana
Object
https://sketchfab.com/models//embed
Europeana Type
IMAGE
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Fifth_Maine_Regiment_Community_Center
DescriptionEN
The Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, located in Peaks Island, Maine, was built in 1888 by veterans of the Fifth Maine Volunteer Regiment. It is a two-story building, constructed in the Queen Anne style and it is a combination of a communal centre with a commemorative space. The building served as a memorial and reunion space for Civil War veterans and their descendants, with the last reunion held there being in 1940. In 1956, the building was given to the community of the island by the veterans’ descendants and has been used as a museum since then.
State
Maine