Howard House, Bangor, 1869 (2024)

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Description. Frequently claimed as Bangor's oldest house, Howard House was built in 1771 on (now) Howard and State Streets, opposite what is today the Eastern Maine Medical Center. A much modified cape style house, it was nonetheless sizeable, proclaiming the prosperity of the family.

The name Bangor comes from Irish: Beannchar, from Middle Irish: Beannchor and Old Irish: Bennchor. This is thought to mean 'place of points' or 'horned curve', referring to the shoreline of Bangor Bay. The Old Irish tale, Táin Bó Fraích, gives a fanciful explanation for the name.

Bangor, ME is home to a population of 153k people, from which 98.5% are citizens. As of 2022, 3.04% of Bangor, ME residents were born outside of the country (4.64k people). In 2022, there were 33.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (141k people) in Bangor, ME than any other race or ethnicity.

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The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built c. 1637, making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing.

The person who purchased "Oak Hall' at 459 Bluff Road in Northport, Maine, can say that they own the largest home in the entire state of Maine. At 20,000 square feet, Oak Hall is a mansion of magnitude with 11 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, 2 solariums, a library, a music room, and more, according to Zillow.com.

Bangor, which grew up beside a Norman castle (few traces of which remain), is notable mainly as a cultural centre. It has the University College of North Wales (1884), a group of denominational theological colleges, and a museum of Welsh antiquities.

82.7% were from a Protestant background and 10.6% were from a Roman Catholic background.

Bangor has had a history of famous people who have lived there. Hannibal Hamlin, Stephen King, Charlotte Blake Brown, and John B. Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians. Each did are are doing things to make themselves famous, and they changed history for the better.

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Lumber was the largest export for the area, and made lumber barons very wealthy. Because of this wealth, Bangor has some of the most extraordinary architecture still standing today. The lumber boom lasted about 20 years, and the once heavily wooded forests were then depleted.

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The Eastern Maine city is the 3rd largest in the state. It is home to several colleges and the Bangor State Fair. The city has a median household income of $46,625 and just under 21% of the city's households have an income of at least $100,000.

Today, Bangor's economy is based on services and retail, healthcare, and education.

Living in Bangor offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Bangor there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in Bangor and residents tend to lean liberal. The public schools in Bangor are above average.

McIntire Garrison, York, 1707

Built by the family of a Scottish prisoner of war deported to the colonies by the government of Oliver Cromwell, this may be Maine's oldest home.

Bangor House is a historic former hotel at 174 Main Street in downtown Bangor, Maine. Built in 1833-34 and repeatedly enlarged, the hotel was a major fixture in the city, and one of the nation's early high-class hotels.

Bangor was developed as a farm in the 1830's for supplying food to the penal settlement at Port Arthur. There were also whaling stations operating in Lagoon Bay at that time. Bangor is a unique property that includes 5,100 ha of native forests and grassland, 2,100 ha of permanent forest reserves and 35 km of coastline.

Craddock House, oldest house in New England (1634), Medford, Mass. Library of Congress.