Corner of Main and State Streets

Presque Isle Yesterday & Today

The Perry Theater building, built in 1903. it was the 1st brick building ever build on the corner of Main and State Streets. It was later destroyed by fire in 1945.

 

Black-and-white photograph of early 20th-century storefronts in downtown Presque Isle, Maine, showing a row of brick commercial buildings with fabric awnings, display windows, and signage advertising clothing, boots, shoes, and outfitting goods along an unpaved street.Color photograph of a modern brick commercial building in downtown Presque Isle, Maine, featuring a light-colored overhang supported by columns, large glass storefront windows, streetlamps, trees, benches, and a quiet street in the foreground.