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Francois Xavier Marcotte, seen in this undated photo, was a significant benefactor, donating today’s equivalent of $2 million to build the Maison Marcotte Nursing Home. Submitted photoThe Dominican Block at Lincoln and Chestnut streets was built by the local Dominican Order to house a variety of social and community services for the city’s growing French Catholic population. Paroisse Saint-Pierre et Saint-PaulThis photo shows the inside of the FX Marcotte store on Lincoln Street around 1910. The store sold wood stoves, baby carriages, furniture, foodstuffs and even caskets. Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine LibrariesThe Grand Trunk Railroad depot on Lincoln Street (built in 1874) was referred to as the “Ellis Island of Lewiston” due to the thousands of immigrants from Canada who arrived by rail from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine LibrariesA painting by Mercedes Gastonguay of the Grand Trunk Depot depicting the arrival of people in Lewiston in the early 1900s. Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine LibrariesThe FX Marcotte Furniture Store in the early 1900s. The entrance is on the corner and fire escapes are on the Chestnut Street side. Submitted photoThe Red Stamp Book was used by FX Marcotte. Customers could collect red stamps at other participating local businesses and redeem the stamps at the FX Marcotte store for goods. Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
