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Freeport, ME - History
We would like to provide the residents of Freeport a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Freeport Home page. The Freeport Home page provides as much information as possible on Freeport. Knowing Freeport’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Freeport’s Home page, you will also find Freeport’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Freeport has a population of 8517. 47.5% of Freeport’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.5 are female. 62.5% of Freeport is married and 77.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $328,366, and the average rent is $1,358. Household median income in Freeport is $89,484, and the individual median income is $40,517. Freeport’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.3%), Multiple(5.2%), Asian(2.2%), Hispanic(1.6%), Black(0.3%).
The town was once a part of North Yarmouth called Harraseeket, after the Harraseeket River. First settled about 1700, it was set off and incorporated on February 14, 1789 as Freeport. It is probably named "from the openness of its harbor" (free from ice). Freeport developed as four villages—Mast Landing, Porter's Landing, South Freeport and Freeport Corner—all of which are now part of the Harraseeket Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At the head of tide on the Harraseeket River is Mast Landing, from which timber was shipped, particularly for use as masts.
The estuary was dammed to provide water power for a gristmill, sawmill and fulling mill, with modest manufacturing and woodworking. Porter's Landing was involved in shipbuilding, important in Freeport following the Revolutionary War. The industry reached its peak in the decade between 1850 and 1860, but declined with the Civil War.
South Freeport, the largest of the waterfront villages, once had four shipyards. Other businesses included fishing, canning and farming. In 1903, the Casco Castle and Amusement Park was built here by Amos Gerald to encourage travel by trolley cars. The hotel burned in 1914, but its tower still stands.
Freeport Corner was an inland village for farming and trade, but the 1849 entrance of the railroad helped it develop into the town's commercial center, which it remains. In the 19th century, fabric was sent from New York and Boston to be made into clothing by local piece workers. Businessman E. B. Mallet established here a sawmill, brickyard, granite quarry and large shoe factory.In 1912, Leon Leonwood Bean opened a store in the basement of his brother's apparel shop at Freeport Corner, selling the "Bean Boot" (or Maine Hunting Shoe).
This store, L. L. Bean, became so popular that in 1951 it started remaining open 24 hours a day. Its retail and mail order catalog facilities expanded into Freeport's principal business, and a worldwide company with annual sales of over a billion dollars. The L.L. Bean flagship store is the anchor to outlet shopping in the town of Freeport.
The town sees about 3.5 million visitors annually, spending $308 million in 2015 alone. L.L. Bean, for its part, has invested heavily in activities for both visitors and residents, including their Outdoor Discovery Schools, and their Summer Concert Series, which has attracted artists such as Edwin McCain, Great Big Sea, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Rockapella. In 1982, McDonald's made plans to tear down the Gore House, an 1850s Greek Revival house to build one of its stores.
Outcry from residents caused the town to adopt new ordinances concerning what businesses could and could not do with their buildings, and McDonald's built the restaurant inside the house and opened it in 1984, maintaining the exterior appearance. This was one of the first times that McDonald's had been forced to change its restaurant design to fit local requirements.
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