Editing Bangor, Maine (section)

====Fires====
Major fires struck the downtown in 1856,<ref>''The New York Times'', "The Bangor Fires", July 1, 1856, p. 1</ref> 1869,<ref>''Hartford Weekly Times'', January 9, 1869, p. 1</ref> and 1872,<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/10/13/79199160.pdf The Bangor Fire] ''The New York Times'', October 13, 1872</ref> the last resulting in the erection of the [[Adams-Pickering Block]]. In the [[Great Fire of 1911]] Bangor lost its high school, post office & custom house, public library, telephone and telegraph companies, banks, two fire stations, nearly a hundred businesses, six churches, and synagogue and 285 private residences over a total of 55 acres (23 ha.) The area was rebuilt, and in the process became a showplace for a diverse range of architectural styles, including the [[Mansard roof|Mansard style]], [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux Arts]], [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] and [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]],<ref name=cvb-heritage/> and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Great Fire of 1911 Historic District]].