Poland Springs is more than water

Poland Spring House c1889 - click to enlarge
Photo: Poland Spring Preservation Society via www.mainememory.net

  During the Gilded Age the Poland Spring House was THE place to be seen if you were what I would call a "high mucky muck".  They came by the train car load to visit the spa.
  The "Poland Spring Water" was part of the draw, but the luxury and golf came in a close second.  And we should not forget that Sebago Lake wasn't far away either.
  Guests came from nearly every state in the Eastern United States, and included at least one President.
  Sadly most of the buildings fell to dis-repair and have been demolished or burned in fires (burned in fires - that's a good one.  How else do things burn?)  The Poland Springs Water Company is still with us, although it's now a Nestle product, the water comes from Maine.

Guests arrive in 1886 to spend a few weeks - click to enlarge
Photo: Poland Spring Preservation Society via www.mainememory.net

President William Howard Taft visits in 1911 - click to enlarge
Photo: Poland Spring Preservation Society via www.mainememory.net