An Emergency Report for Bangor, Maine · Digital Collections

Title: An Emergency Report for Bangor, Maine
Creator: Steele, Fletcher
Publisher: Landscape Architecture
Date: October 1911
Description: Article focusing on the damage and planned recovery from the April 30, 1911 fire in downtown Bangor. Includes maps and photographs. Author Fletcher Steele was one of the architects tasked with the post-fire recovery. Opening paragraph: Among the interesting reports that have been prepared on the subject of Civic Improvements during the last few years, the recommendations that were made for Bangor, Maine, are unique. On April 30, 1911, fifty-five acres, extending from the heart of the business district nearly to the outskirts of the city through a good residence district, was devastated by fire. One hundred business blocks, two hundred and eighty-five dwellings, the Library, High School, seven churches, and many magnificent trees, were swept away.
Subject: Bangor (Me.)--History--20th Century; Bangor (Me.)--Photographs; City planning--Maine--Bangor; Fires--Maine--Bangor
Type: Illustrated works; Technical reports
Spatial Coverage: Bangor (Me.)
Temporal Coverage: Nineteen tens; Twentieth century
Language: English
Is Part Of: Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Note: From: Landscape Architecture, Vol. II., No. 1; October, 1911.
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