Sebasticook River East Branch in Corinna (2014)
Corinna Location Map
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,700 |
| 1980 | 1,887 |
| 1990 | 2,196 |
| 2000 | 2,145 |
| 2010 | 2,198 |
| Geographic Data | |
|---|---|
| N. Latitude | 44:56:44 |
| W. Longitude | 69:15:23 |
| Maine House | District 100 |
| Maine Senate | District 10 |
| Congress | District 2 |
| Area sq. mi. | (total) 39.4 |
| Area sq. mi. | (land) 38.7 |
| Population/sq.mi. | (land) 55.4 |
County: Penobscot
Total=land+water; Land=land only |
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Elementary School in Corinna Village (2014)
Corinna is a town in Penobscot County, incorporated on December 11, 1816. The main village stands at the junction of Exeter Road (Route 11) and Dexter Road (Route 7). The East Branch of the Sebasticook River runs through the village. Corinna’s public elementary school serves about 150 children as part of the Newport School District.
Restaurant in Corinna Village
Morse’s Corner Baptist
Veterans Memorial and Honor Roll in the Village (2014)
Church and Stores in Corinna Village (2014)
National Register of Historic Places
Stewart Library and Civil War Memorial in Corinna Village (2014)
The Stewart Free Library and Town Hall has been described by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission as a highly ornamental late Victorian building in a virtually original state of preservation. The style is an eclectic one, reflecting the High Victorian Gothic in its decorative surface treatment of varied materials and textures, the Colonialrevival in the presence of the Palladian motif, and the French Second Empire in the mansard roof of the belfry. All of these elements combined to create a dramatic architectural statement which dominates the rural Maine village of Corinna.
Stewart started as a teacher, later becoming a fisherman in Searsport where he saved enough money to put himself through Dartmouth College. He graduated from Harvard Law School with the financial assistance of his brother who was also a lawyer. In 1858 he and his brother moved to Minneapolis and established a law office. Stewart was an early speculator in Minneapolis real estate and by the end of his career had become one of the leading authorities in that field and amassed a fortune estimated between $12 and $20 million.
In 1895 Levi, “The Elder” as he was called by townspeople, commissioned the Stewart Free Public Library as a memorial to his mother and father. When it was finished, “The Pride of Corinna” was considered one of the finest public buildings in the state. Stewart personally donated the first 3,000 volumes upon its completion in 1898. At his death, Stewart left his own private law and literary collection consisting of 10,000 volumes to the Library and a $50,000 trust fund for its operation.