. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. dustrious as they are, andhaving profitable employment for all their capital in the extension of their private enterprises—stillvote large sums for handsome public buildings, erect fine residences, maintain ornamental grounds andin short show in many ways that enterprise and thrift are by no means incompatible with an apprecia-tion of the beautiful. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HOULTON. 13 Being the shire town of Aroos
. Northern Maine, its points of interest and its representative business men, embracing Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, Ft. Fairfield, Danforth, Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, Winn and Kingman. dustrious as they are, andhaving profitable employment for all their capital in the extension of their private enterprises—stillvote large sums for handsome public buildings, erect fine residences, maintain ornamental grounds andin short show in many ways that enterprise and thrift are by no means incompatible with an apprecia-tion of the beautiful. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HOULTON. 13 Being the shire town of Aroostook County, Houlton of course contains the County Court is quite an elaborate building, erected thirty-odd years ago and costing 835,000. It has a man-sard roof, cupola and bell ; and here is located the town clock,—a recent gift to the town from public-spirited citizens. Manufacturing is extensively carried on, the more important products being starch, lumber, ma-chinery and iron work in general including castings, builders finish, carriages and sleighs. Very largeand finely equipped bark extract works are successfully carried on, and slaughtering is also a very. Court House, Jaii, Bctilding and Episcopal Church. important local industry. Woolen goods are quite largely produced and corn meal, etc., are alsomanufactured. But it is as a trade centre that Houlton excels, and the local stores and warehouseswould do credit, in many cases, to a town of much greater population. A building known as theBrick Block contains eight large stores and numerous offices on the upper floor. This structure oc-cupies the site of a number of buildings destroyed during a very destructive fire in 1884, and furnishesan exemplification of the saying its an ill wind that blows nobody good for its existence is due tothat conflagration and the block is a credit to architect, builder, owner and community and furnishesa model of what the business edifices of the future Houlton are to resemb
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