ISLESBORO COMMUNITY RESOURCES INVENTORY
All addresses are for Islesboro, Maine 04848, area code 207 unless otherwise noted.
MAINE COMMUNITY HERITAGE PROJECT, ISLESBORO PARTNERS
Islesboro Historical Society
PO Box 301
388 Main Road
734.6733
www.islesborohistorical.org
Resources
Artifacts
Archives
Audio Tapes
Cemetery Records
Genealogy Records
Photographs
Post Cards
Reference Books
Permanent and changing exhibits
Islesboro Central School
PO Box 118
159 Alumni Drive
734.2251
www.islesboro-central.k12.me.us
Alice L. Pendleton Library
PO Box 77
309 Main Road
734.2218
www.alpl.lib.me.us
Resources
History of Islesborough, Maine: 1769-1893, John Pendleton Farrow, 1893.
History of Islesboro, Maine: 1893-1983, Islesboro Historical Society, 1984.
On The Island: Islesboro Recollections, W. Henry Hatch, Published by the W. Henry Hatch Family, 1991.
Summer Cottages: 1890-1930, Earl G. Shettleworth Jr. Published by the Islesboro Historical Society, 1989.
History of the Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor, Maine 1896-1996, edited and compiled by M.A. Brickfield and
Liberty Redmond, published by the Tarratine Club, 1997.
Library Scrapbooks 1956-
Vital Records of Islesboro Maine 1789-1892, Compiled and edited by Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, CG,
Picton Press, 2000.
Annual Reports of the Town of Islesboro, 1900 to present, published by Town of Islesboro.
Second Baptist Church: Islesboro, Maine 1791-2003, Sharon W. Ashley, published by Second Baptist
Church, 2003.
ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES
Baptist Sewing Circle, PO Box 43, 491 Pendleton Point Road, 734.2022
Boardman Cottage (Assisted Living), 131 Main Road, 734.2100
www.islesborobeacon.org
Christ Church, PO Box 147, 113 Christ Church Road, 734.6694
Free Will Baptist Church, PO Box 183, 138 Church Turn Road
Grindle Point Lighthouse/Sailors’ Memorial Museum, Lincolnville Ferry Dock, 734.0913
www.lighthouse.cc/grindle
Islesboro Affordable Property, PO Box 206, 376 West Bay Road, 734.2299
Islesboro Community Center, PO Box 265, 103 Pendleton Point Road, 734.8200
www.islesborocommunitycenter.org
Islesboro Health Center, PO Box 137, 150 Main Road, 734.2213
Islesboro Island News (paper), 307 Pendleton Point Road, 734.6921
Islesboro Islands Trust, PO Box 182, 376 West Bay Road, 734.6907
www.islesboroislandstrust.org
Maine State Ferry, Islesboro 734.6935, Lincolnville 789.5611
www.state.me.us/mdot/opt/ferry/maine-ferry-service.php
Post Office, 114 Main Road, 734.8884
Second Baptist Church, PO Box 17, 102 Main Road, 734.2055
Town Office, PO Box 76, 150 Main Road, 734.2253
www.maine.gov/local/waldo/islesboro/
LIVING RESOURCES
For a list of Islesboro's "living resources," (individuals who have significant knowledge of various topics of Islesboro's history), please contact the Islesboro Historical Society and the Alice L. Pendleton Library.
RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF ISLESBORO
Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, 594.9209
www.islandinstitute.org
Penobscot Marine Museum, PO Box 498, 5 Church Street, Searsport, ME
04974, 548.2529
www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org
Working Waterfront, news publication, Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386
Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, 594.9209
www.islandinstitute.org
