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| Poland Spring House at its height (burned 1975) |
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| Maine Inn (where we stayed) |
In 1794 Jabez Ricker and his family moved to a farmstead in Bakerstown, Maine, now known as Poland. In 1797 the family opened an inn. In 1844 Hiram Ricker cured his dyspepsia by drinking water from a spring on the property and in 1859 began commercial sales of Poland Water. Poland Spring House opened in 1876 to take advantage of the new popularity of summer vacations as well as the mineral water.
The spring is a relatively small hole in the ground with this ornate shrine over it.
The original pump house. The modern bottling plant is down the road. (Water is sourced from a dozen Maine springs with the same geology.)
After the 1893 Columbian Exposition the Maine State building was dismantled, shipped back, and reassembled on the inn property.
There are nine kinds of Maine granite in the structure. (We learned about Maine granite when we were on Mt. Desert Island.)
The spring is a relatively small hole in the ground with this ornate shrine over it. 
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