Main Street, Stockholm, ME. 7

Main Street, Stockholm, ME. 7

Main Street, Stockholm, ME with John Anderson's store at right, then John Anderson's home and the Swedish Lutheran Church and other homes beyond. In November 1900, Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm from Jemtland, where Lewis had worked in Jacob Hedman's store. They had earlier worked in Brownville with their brother Andrew and several other Swedes. Now they built the first store in Stockholm, a 20 x 20, 1-1/2 story building, and opened the general store in 1901. (In 2001 it was named to the National Register of Historic Places.) In 1888 a new Post Office had been established in Jemtland, and in 1901 one was established in Stockholm, with Lewis Anderson as Postmaster. In 1905 Olaf Anderson began delivering mail on the new 23-mile free delivery route from New Sweden to about 120 houses.