Guilford, Maine

Guilford Manufacturing Company Mill

This is a picture of Hardwood products today and what used to be Guilford Manufacturing Company Mill. It is located on school street by the Piscataquis River.

Submitted by: Chelsea Baillargeon

Guilford Center House

This house is thought to be the oldest house that still stands in Guilford. The photograph was taken in 1983. This home is located in Guilford Center.

Submitted by: Casey Northup

Temporary Foot Bridge

This is a temporary foot bridge that was built and used when the steel bridge for vehicles and pedestrians was being demolished and rebuilt in 1954. This photograph was taken from the north side of the Piscataquis River looking south toward the Scales Building. Also the Guilford Woolen Mill is just to the left far enough so you can't see. The Guilford Register Newspaper Building is in the top center of the picture.

Submitted by: Ethyn Gould

Guilford Association's Ball Field

The location is the same ball field that is here in Guilford right now. On the left, there are people sitting/standing on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad tracks.

Submitted by: Paul Martin

Flood, Guilford Coal Sheds, 1934

The Guilford Coal Sheds were under water during the flood of 1934. The sheds were near the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks. The Guilford Grammar Schol was off to the right of the Coal Sheds.

Submitted by: Courtney Richardson

The Pond Block

The Pond Block was located where Griffins is standing but was moved in 1861 to the end of the covered bridge between the Piscataquis River and Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks. It later became a barber shop and then in 1865 became Guilford's first jewelry store and drug store later on. The building itself stood until 1954.

Submitted by: Belle-Natalie Wingert

North Guilford School House, 1912

the North Guilford School House was built in 1912 and is still standing today. The teacher in the picture standing with the students is Mrs. Gladys (Foss) Davis on the porch. While the building is still standing, it is not longer in use. It is just a residence now.

Submitted by: Elaine Riitano

Parade on North Main Street, Guilford, ca. 1900

The Temperance Day Parade, celebrating a day to abstain from alcohol, moves past the Braeburn Hotel on Main Street in the early 1900s.

Submitted by: Jacob Campbell

Guilford High School Orchestra

This is a picture taken in 1942. It is of the Guilford High School Orchestra. In the front row of this picture starting from the left, there is: John Scales, Roger Race, Willard Ellis, James Brown, Wayne Barney, and Elwin Macomber. Next starting in the back row on the left side, there is: George Allen (The Faculty Advisor), Junior Priest, Mary Cunningham, Donna Gorman, Frances Cross, Arthur Scales, and Elwin Foss.

Submitted by: Sadie Morin

Oldest Known Photograph of Guilford, Covered Bridge, ca. 1850

This picture shows the first covered bridge in Guilford. This picture was taken from the south side of the river looking to the north. The bridge had a short span because there was no dam and the river was not that wide. The structure to the left is the Pond Block. The Franklin House is on the right, which was later called The Turner House. In the back there were stables and a carriage house. You can also see a mill foundation along the river on a line with the Franklin House.

Submitted by: Terran Welcome

Guilford Centennial Parade, South Main Street, 1916

The Guilford Centennial Parade route took them by the Odd Fellows Hall, a house owned by Reggie Taylor, and another house occupied by Alonzo Pfhuntner.

Submitted by: Aliza Boone

Guilford Flood, 1936

The Grey Gable Tea House and Preble Farm on Water Street was operated by Elsie Preble. In 1936 there was a tremendous flood. Some of the structure was destroyed.

Submitted by: Kyla Desmarais

Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca. 1890

In this picture is the crew in the finishing room of the Guilford Woolen Mill. To the left, sitting on the ladder is J. A. Davidson, Supervisor.

Submitted by: Zachery Pratt

Memorial Day Parade, Guilford, 1911

In the photo on Elm Street, shows the Guilford Memorial Day Parade moving towards the center of town. The Methodist Church and Clock Tower are in the center of the photo. The home of William Appleyard is off to the left. Businesses on the left include Furniture, Undertaking, A.G. Crockett Plumbing & Heating, and Spear & Murray.

Submitted by: Asia Wohlfeil

Iron Bridge Collapsed, Guilford, 1954

In 1954 they dynamited the bridge and dropped it into the river. There was a foot bridge, but it was washed out in the flood that same year. They began building a new iron bridge.

Submitted by: Katelyn Campbell

SNOW ROLLING

A snow roller was an oversized wooden barrel that would be filled with water in the winter so it could freeze to provide the weight to pack down the snow. These were pulled by a double team of horses consisting of four. This method became unused after it became easier to use the snow plow. This snow roller is a typical example of the early machine drawn by horses or oxen to clear the way in winter for sleighs. The smoothest roads used to be snow-packed roads. Before truck-mounted snowplows cleared deep winter snows from the roads, and before cars and trucks were a common sight on the roads, winter roads were made passable by horse-drawn snow rollers. Instead of plowing the snow to the side of the road, the weight of these huge, heavy wooden rollers compacted the snow into a hard surface that horses, buggies, and wagons could travel on. A snow roller was an improvement over a snowplow because it packed down the snow on the roads to make a wide, hard, smooth surface. In a snow storm, banks made from plowing a road trapped the blowing snow and the road would drift in.

Submitted by: Jonathan Fortier and Cody Richards

Guilford Public School, 1887

Guilford student body, Guilford Public Schools, June 20, 1887. Thirty seven students were absent the day this photograph was taken. Two of the teachers were G. B. Hescock of Monson and Fronia Chandler of Abbot. At that time school was in session in the Guilford Town Hall, pictured in the background.

By: Cody Richards and John Fortier