Moxie Bottle House will be preserved for future generations
Moxie soft drink fanatics in Union, Maine, hope to secure a permanent home for the Moxie Bottle House, a 32-ft. tall bottle-shaped trade show booth. They're betting that home will be on the Union Fairgrounds at the Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage. The teakwood structure will be reassembled inside a new building to protect it from the elements. Construction of the building and restoration of the Moxie Bottle House will take a few years.
Though Union is the original birthplace of Moxie "Nerve Food," Lisbon Falls, ME hosts the annual Moxie Festival, which attracted 25,000 Moxie Fans in 2002, and featured a model of the Bottle House pulled behind a car. Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, NH exhibits a Moxie Horse Car (there are several, and they congregate in Lisbon Falls every July). The brackish and medicinal tasting Moxie is bottled today in Georgia.
[04/26/2003]Union Fairgrounds
- Address:
- Fairground Rd, Union, ME
- Directions:
- Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage, northwest of town on the Union Fairgrounds. From Hwy 17 turn south onto Common Rd, just west of Appleton Rd/Hwy 131. Then make a quick right in the fairgrounds. Museum right; Moxie annex at far end.
- Hours:
- July-Aug. W-Sa noon-4 pm, other times by appt. (building is not insulated) (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 207-563-1544
- Admission:
- Adults $5, Children $3
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
