Ever have trouble opening the doors at the Stewart Library Building? Here is an improvement brought to you by the Stewart Library Building Preservation Group and the Town of Corinna, motorized door openers. Check out this short video. November 2021
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Over the past year or so the Public Works Department of Corinna has expanded and improved the parking lot behind the Stewart Library Building. As they were able to get to it, their work developed the area into a parking lot that can accommodate up to 60 or more cars….
If you passed by the Stewart Library Building on Tuesday you might have seen these workers from Coastal Sun Services cleaning the windows. In two full days of work this crew cleaned all the windows in the building, inside and out. It hasn’t been done for many years. They did…
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AUDITORIUM Now that the auditorium is fully accessible, the facility is used for more meetings and events. The Levi Stewart Community Theater, an independent, 501(c) (3) organization, has raised money to make a number of improvements in the auditorium. The group purchased and donated 150 new, comfortable…
On Monday, January 28, 140 freshmen students from Nokomis Regional High School visited the Stewart Library Building in Corinna. The field trip is part of an interdisciplinary project at the school on the past, present, and future of our communities. Students and teachers from across the curriculum areas are involved….
BOOKS, LAND, LAW, GENEROSITY Levi Merrick Stewart (1827-1910) was born, raised and attended grade school in Corinna, Maine. In 1856 he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he made his fortune as a real estate lawyer. A noted philanthropist, Stewart built the Stewart Library Building in Corinna as a memorial to…
Here is a short video of the east side (front) of the Stewart Library Building, Corinna, Maine. In the past three years the building has been preserved with significant work on the exterior masonry, especially the clock tower. Renovations include the addition of the atrium at the north entrance (right),…
The Electoral College and Maine Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 6:00 PM Jim Melcher – Professor of Political Science, University of Maine, Farmington, Maine Dr. Melcher teaches a wide range of courses on American politics, government and political thought. He also serves as pre-law adviser. He has become known throughout…
Interested in The Civil War and Abraham Lincoln? Don’t miss this free presentation by Dr. Patrick Rael, Professor of History, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. “The Civil War – Abraham Lincoln’s High-Wire Act.” The grand strategy of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s path to the emancipation of slaves. FREE ADMISSION –…