Brickyard Hollow

A muddy valley up until the beginning of the 20th century, the Hollow was eventually reclaimed as a civic center by laying down a two-foot layer of black ash, from Forest Paper Company, to level it out.

In 1859, while serving in his new role as chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, a lawsuit involving his dispute with NYA precipitated the split in Yarmouth's First Parish Church.

[8] In 1904, the town's Civil War veterans sought permission to place a soldiers monument in front of the new schools.

With funds lacking, it was put off until after World War I (during which 106 Yarmouth residents served),[9] when the project was completed in tandem with a board of trade plan to erect a bandstand.

[10] In 1929, a new centralized post office was built to the east of the present 1932-dedicated Anderson-Mayberry American Legion Hall (named for servicemen Edgar Anderson and Edwin Mayberry, who both died from the Spanish flu while based at Fort Devens).

Harriman's IGA Foodliner moved here in the late 20th century from its Main and West Elm Streets location.

A KeyBank (formerly Casco Bank) and the parking lot for NYA's Priscilla Savage Middle School now stand in its place.

During the middle of the 20th century, in the plaza across Cleaves Street that formerly housed a 7-Eleven and, until 2017, Anthony's Dry Cleaners & Laundromat, was the Dairy Joy ice-creamery, in front, and the Korner Kitchen (formerly the Snack Shack) behind it.

[3] In November 1900, the saw mill of W. H. Walker and A. H. Cleaves was established across from where the Grand Trunk depot stands today.

The entire block, located near to the point at which Route 1 passes over Main Street, was pulled down shortly thereafter.

Everett Stickney, of Exeter, New Hampshire, was convicted of starting the fire, along with another one in York, Maine, later that evening.