Month: September 2023

I love this view of Dock Square shared with us by Cecil Benson, Jr. It must have been taken between 1933 and 1942. Benson’s can be seen here at the far right where Alisson’s stands now. Cecil wrote, “This is the restaurant that Dad [Cecil Benson, Sr.] and the family ran during the summer from...

The first picture I’m sharing today shows The Kennebunk Green as it was in 1927. Henry Parsons donated the land at the corner of Main and Fletcher Streets to Kennebunk for a Civil War Memorial. The Civil War Memorial Statue was unveiled there on October 24, 1908. The small Revolutionary War era ships cannon on...

We have probably all heard the warnings about the hurricane that may threaten our coast this weekend. I worry about potential flooding and beach erosion. I can’t help but think about the hundreds of shipwrecks at rest under our beaches and along our rocky shores that might make an appearance in the wake of a...

When someone calls to ask me to help them learn more about their old Kennebunkport house, the first thing I do is to look at the 1856 York County Atlas Wall Map, Sanford Everts & Co 1872 York County Atlas Map, and our handmade WWII Kennebunkport Warden’s Map of their neighborhood to learn who lived...