"This place is a surprise gem! Looking for a place to stay in the area and randomly lucked upon Poland Spring Resort! This place is crazy full of history, here are just a few examples: family graveyard on premises; free museum; nondenominational chapel built in 1912; an actual building from the Chicago World Fair in 1893 that was deconstructed and brought to the site by a whistlestop train tour and then reconstructed; the original spring for Poland Spring water that cured Hiram Ricker's indigestion in 1844, and that's just a few. The staff here are all friendly, welcoming, and clearly dedicated to this place. It seemed like there were "regulars," ie. families who return year after year. There's an open porch with huge columns and rocking chairs that overlooks the golf course and trout pond. There's a tall gazebo (on Saturday night a fancy sparkly group of teenagers gathered there to take pre-homecoming dance photos), an old gorgeous library on the third floor, an old swingset, a tennis court, bocce ball... I want to be perfectly clear. Poland Spring Resort is NOT glamorous and fancy. It's not a "resort" in the usual sense. But it is down to earth, inviting, and surprising, as well as super clean and well-maintained. And it does feel grand."
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