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in New York City, who was in the role after the hotel's first renovation, completed in 1882. Maurice, Baker & Co. pharmacists had a store on the hotel's ground floor in 1888. The ground floor also became the home of the headquarters of the Maine
Automobile Association and the
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visited the hotel in 1898. Due to its regular hosting of functions, the hotel became known as the "hotel of a million banquets." Plum Street connected
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interior and marble fireplaces. One of its early proprietors was L. Stevens. He was followed by E. A. Gilson, formerly of the
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Strong, Lucia Glidden; Strong, Mrs Lucia Mabel Glidden (1925).
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477:Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot
610:. Clissold Publishing Company. 1898. p. 2.
381:Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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359:"United States Hotel, Potland, ME"
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525:"Falmouth Hotel, 1941"
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672:. 1913. p. 121.
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638:The Hotel Monthly
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564:Sanatorium Number
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