The Ellsworth Historical Society has joined History Trust, an alliance of organizations united in preserving and sharing historical collections in the coastal Maine region. Read more

Residence of John Black’s secretary to tourist hotel to uncertainty: The Grant House. Read more

Since fall 2022, the Society’s Old Hancock County Sheriff’s Home and Jail has been the object of numerous grants as part of an ambitious rehabilitation designed to reimagine the structure as a Downeast Heritage Center. Find out more

Discover the unseen photographs of one-time Ellsworth American Managing Editor William Henry Titus. Explore.

A crisis of affordable rehabilitation has affected the historic residences of Maine, and Ellsworth has been no exception. Read more

In May 1933 Ellsworth suffered a fire whose effects were similar to a wartime bomb. Learn more.