Preserving our heritage, one story at a time.
MILLINOCKET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LEARN ABOUT OUR EXPANSION
Since 1979, we have been collecting items and stories for display, carefully preserving the history of Millinocket.
We can't wait to share it with you!
Thanks to Senator Susan Collins for her support for this project. She was able to secure Congressionally Directed Spending for the museum expansion and fire safety.
We are building 8 rooms of exhibits upstairs! The first project allowed the staff safe access to the second floor to create exhibits.
Phase one is complete. We built a beautiful, safe, code-complaint staircase to replace the old one.
The upstairs is ready and waiting for 8 rooms of history to come to light!
Little Italy, Baxter State Park, Downtown businesses, Stearns High School!
We've been saving stuff for years!
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THE NEXT STEPS
We need to build an addition to our building, launching our efforts to become wheelchair accessible. The addition will house a barrier-free, welcoming entrance. It will also house a second staircase to meet fire regulations and some small storage and display areas. This addition was begun with funds from the Penobscot County Commissioner’s grant from ARPA and the remainder will be funded through Congressionally Directed Spending via a HUD grant.
A wheelchair lift will allow access throughout the museum for everyone. Beginning with an accessible entry, the addition will allow for a wheelchair lift to reach the second floor and doors that are handicap accessible and fire safe.
We'll also make the building fire safety compliant by installing a fire prevention system throughout the building.
The project will include an upgrade of our building façade. The front porch needs some repairs to the siding and roof. The back of the building needs new siding, a renovation of the ramp, new signage, and repairs to an entrance to the cellar.
A small outbuilding is in disrepair, we've made it safe and secure and just need to paint and clean up.
PLEASE DONATE TO
THE EXPANSION!
Send your contributions to
MHS Expansion Fund,
PO Box 11, Millinocket, ME 04462
Explore Millinocket History: from The Millinocket Historical Society and our Magic City Stories
The Kelley Farm, which was recently lost in a fire, was the focus of a profile interview with Stacie Cyr back in December of 2023
From our Collections: Leon G White's Stories of Visiting the Logging Camps in 1919
Visit the online exhibit about Donn Fendler who was lost on Katahdin for Nine Days in 1939
Do you have Millinocket Roots? The Cemetery Archive is here.
Local Author Marian Whitney Smith - an early chronicler of Thoreau and Local Legends
