History

The new Lincolnville Community Library opened on February 1, 2014, in a renovated one-room schoolhouse built originally in 1849. The opening date was just fifteen months after nearly 200 people gathered to grab a long rope and help pull the shell of the old building, owned by the Lincolnville Historical Society, across Main Street to a formerly vacant lot.  > Read more

Jackie Young Watts Open-air Museum

The Lincolnville Historical Society's open-air museum was built in the summer of 2013 to display historical items such as fishing boats, ice cutting tools, lime industry artifacts, and large agricultural implements that depict the life of Lincolnville residents in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is open for viewing in the spring, summer and fall.

Coming Events

Local author Susan St. John will give a free illustrated talk on her recent book "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" on Wednesday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the library. The book tells of her thirty years as a sea instructor with the Outward Bound School based on Hurricane Island in Penobscot Bay. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. > Read more