Notable figures in OOB history
A short list of the people whose decisions shaped OOB, from the 17th-century grantee to the 20th-century developers who built the Pier-area condo stock.
Thomas Rogers (1657)
Original English grantee. See dedicated page.
E.C. Staples
Late-19th-century hotelier whose Old Orchard House (1837, expanded several times) was the largest hotel on the New England coast at its 1850s peak. The hotel burned in 1907 in the same fire that took the first Pier.
Nungesser & Coli (1927)
French aviators whose disappearance attempting a Paris, NYC flight may have ended near OOB. See aviation page.
The Lavigne family
Among the first Québec families to establish year-round Pier-area businesses (1920s onward), still operating multiple amusement and food businesses on the Pier today.
Compiled from Town of Old Orchard Beach, RSU 23, FEMA, Maine Revenue Service, US Census, and MLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed; verify before any transaction.