NEWCASTLE, MAINE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY

P.O. Box 482
Newcastle, Me 04553

Email Address:
newcastlehistoricalsociety@hotmail.com

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Welcome to the web pages of the Newcastle, Maine Historical Society.  We hope you find these pages helpful in your search for information.


Established in 1998, The Newcastle Historical Society provides visitors with a doorway to the past at its museum in the old historic Taniscot Engine House located on Main Street.  There, visitors will find our museum filled with artifacts and historical memorabilia of the heritage of the people that live and have lived within its boundaries. 

In the museum visitors can view old town and tax records,  fire equipment including a restored pumper, genealogical records, archaeological artifacts, The Carroll Dinsmore, Jr. Pictorial Collection of over 6,000 negatives and photographs, books, a complete cemetery listing from 1758 to 2004, old newspapers and clippings, maps dating back to the 1700s, old postcards, Clark Bottle Collection, tools of yesteryear and hundreds of other artifacts.  Conservation is an integral part of the museum's goals. 

Newcastle is located on the Damariscotta River.  It also includes the villages of Sheepscot on the Sheepscot River, part of Damariscotta Mills on the Great Salt Bay and Damariscotta Lake, and North Newcastle.  Other rural areas include East Newcastle and South Newcastle.

MEETINGS
1st Wednesday Each Month
(Except in January and February)
7:00 P.M.  
Note:  Oct 3rd Meeting begins at 6:00 PM
Old Taniscot Engine House 
Main & Pump Street
No Charge to Attend. 

ITEMS FOR SALE
Email Us or Write Us
 
BOOKS
**Tale of Two Rivers (History of Newcastle)
   By Arlene Cole
   ($15 + postage)
**Cemetery Listing (1758 to 2004)
   By Geraldine Hanley & Nancy Hartley
   ($20 + postage)
**And That's The Way Of It:
   A Maine Village Life 1907 - 2002
   (Sheepscot)
   By Bird B. Stasz
   Photography By Leah W. Sprague
   ($15 + postage)
MAPS
**1816 Map of Newcastle Laminated 
   ($20 + postage)
**1816 Map of Newcastle Not Laminated
   ($10 + postage)
**1878 Drawing/Map
   of New castle & Damariscotta
   ($5 + postage) 

CD MOVIE 
**Closing The Circle 
  (Alewife Run In Damariscotta Mills) 
  ($20 + postage)
RAILROAD DRAWINGS
**Two Color Copies 
  ($5 each + postage) 

OLD PHOTOS FOR SALE 
**Over 6,000 available





              
1995 TANISCOT ENGINE HOUSE

Taniscot Engine Fire House in 1900

1900 TANISCOT ENGINE HOUSE

      

1948 POST OFFICE - SPROUL BUILDING
     

   NEWS HIGHLIGHTS        

        
     NEXT MEETING
   November 7
   Business Meeting

   Election of 
   Officers
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   207-563-8233


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     MUSEUM
    FOR PRIVATE       
    VIEWING
    CONTACT:
    Edmee Dejean
    207-563-8233
    






   Web Site Updated:
  10/03/07