Authored by Tammy Donovan

Urban Geography 402

University of Southern Maine

December 2003

The Rise and Fall of Immigrant Neighborhoods:

Case Study of Lewiston, Maine

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    The Dominican Block on the corner of Chestnut and Lincoln Streets in Lewiston, Maine opened January 8,  1883.  The Dominican Block provided secular and religious instruction to more than 650 students while providing Lewiston's Franco-Americans with a social center.

(Courtesy of the Franco-American Heritage Collection - L/A College, Lewiston, Maine)