Benjamin E. Bates
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Benjamin Edward Bates was an American rail industrialist, textile tycoon, and philanthropist prominent in New England. His financial support and patronage of the Maine State Seminary with Oren Burbank
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Merchant's Row, Boston, corner of State Street. Central Street runs parallel to State, one block away.
Alexander De Witt advised Bates on development strategy in Lewiston.
Bates Mill No. 1 and Canal, circa 1890s
Lewiston, Maine
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Lewiston is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a population of 37,121, according to the 2020 United States census. Located in Androscoggin County, the city lies halfway bet
Benjamin E. Bates
…England. His financial support and patronage of the Maine State Seminary with Oren Burbank Cheney led to his namesake Bates College being established in Lewiston, Maine in 1855. The Bates Mill was a dominant economic driver of the city for over a century as industrialization swept the region. Bates was born to a large…
Lewiston, Maine
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Civil War Memorial, Kennedy Park, Lewiston, Maine detail
Lewiston City Hall, Maine