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&sq=&lang=&file=File:East_Elm_Street,_Yarmouth,_Maine.jpg) East Elm Street from the Main Street intersection in the 19th century. The circular horse trough in view now stands at the nearby intersection of Main and Center streets | |
| Former name(s) | Mill Street Portland road Chapel Street |
|---|---|
| Length | 2.7 mi (4.3 km) |
| Location | Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. |
| Northern end | North Road |
| Southern end | Portland Street |
Elm Street is a prominent street in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. It runs for about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) from North Road in the north to Portland Street in the south. The street's addresses are split between "West Elm Street" and "East Elm Street", the transition occurring at Main Street in the Upper Village. Several of its buildings are homes dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The street is named for the proliferation of American elms that once stood in the area. In 1834, the town gave "Herbie", formerly the town's most prominent elm, some company by planting rows of elm trees along East Elm Street. From 1957 onward, however, most of them succumbed to Dutch elm disease.[1] As of 2003, only twenty of Yarmouth's original 739 elms had survived.[2]
- ^ Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
- ^ "Champion of Trees" - American Profile Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine