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Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County is a county in the state of Maine, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 57,777. Its county seat is the town of Paris. The county was formed on March 4, 1805, by the Massachusetts General Court in the Maine District from northerly portions of York and Cumberland counties. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of Oxford County is included in the Lewiston- Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area while a different part of Oxford County is included in the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.5%) is water. Adjacent counties and municipalities * Franklin County – northeast * Androscoggin County – east * Cumberland County – southeast * York County – south * Carroll County, New Hampshire – southwest * Coös County, New Hampshire – west * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathglass Building
The Strathglass Building is a historic commercial building at 25 Hartford Street in the central business district of Rumford, Maine. Built c.1906, it is an imposing four-story architect-designed Beaux-Arts building, constructed by Hugh J. Chisholm, Rumford's leading industrialist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Later known as the Hotel Harris, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Description and history The building was designed by the architectural firm of Stone, Carpenter & Willson, based in Providence, Rhode Island, and was completed in 1906. It was built for Hugh J. Chisholm, the industrialist responsible for Rumford's development in the late 19th century as a major paper processing center, by Frank Bunker Gilbreth. (Gilbreth built a second building in the small mill town as part of the same contract for the Rumford Falls Power Company.) Chisholm named the building after the river in Scotland which flows near his family's traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
