1956 Map of Augusta

About this map

The Kennebec River valley in the mid-1950s is defined here by the density of the state capital and the expansive lake systems to the west. Augusta and Hallowell serve as the primary urban anchors, featuring the State Hospital and State School for Girls, while the State Airport marks the era's growing infrastructure. The landscape is interconnected by the Maine Central railroad and a network of rural schoolhouses and churches that speak to the region's 19th-century settlement patterns, such as the Old Sidney Holmes Sch and Old South Ch.