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[Fort Gorges in harbor, Portland, Me.]

[Fort Gorges in harbor, Portland, Me.]

Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas B. Reed's birthplace, Portland, Me.

Thomas B. Reed's birthplace, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lighthouse Portland Head Light and Cushing's Island, Portland, Me.

Lighthouse Portland Head Light and Cushing's Island, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking up from Riverton Park, Presumpscot River, Portland, Me.

Looking up from Riverton Park, Presumpscot River, Portland, Me.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

B.H. Anderson - Portland, Me. to Portland, Ore.

B.H. Anderson - Portland, Me. to Portland, Ore.

Photo shows B.H. Anderson, former general secretary of the board of trade of Butler, Pennsylvania who walked from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon leading a donkey. Location depicted is the corner of Fore S... More

Portland Head Light / Ralph F. Blood.

Portland Head Light / Ralph F. Blood.

Lighthouse, Portland, Maine, with surf crashing on rocky shore in foreground. J1251 U.S. Copyright Office.

Wall details and painting at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Wall details and painting at Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portla...

Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More

Entrance, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Entrance, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More

Office, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Office, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Public domain photograph of bureau, office furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10469, 10468, 10467, 10466, 10465, 10464, 10463. RRC and R negatives photographed from slightly different vantage point. "G 8638 L," "G 863... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Portland, Me., from South Portland

Portland, Me., from South Portland

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window for St. Pelus Church in Portland, Maine, with text "She Laid Him in a Manger"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window for St. Pelus Church in Portl...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland Merchants' Exchange, North side of Middle Street, between Exchange & Market Streets, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Merchants' Exchange, North side of Middle Street, between Exc...

Survey number: HABS ME-133 Building/structure dates: HABS ME-133

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

Fort McKinley, South Fork Latrine, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 225 feet south of Weymouth Way, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, South Fork Latrine, West side of East Side Drive, appro...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County,...

Significance: Exceptional and unusual expression of the Greek Revival style, possibly designed by amateur architect, Charles Q. Clapp. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey ... More

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County,...

Significance: Exceptional and unusual expression of the Greek Revival style, possibly designed by amateur architect, Charles Q. Clapp. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey ... More

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: A handsome Federal style house, with noteworthy detailing and interior woodwork. Significant as documentation of the lifestyle of the merchant elite of early 19th century New England. Unprocesse... More

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: A handsome Federal style house, with noteworthy detailing and interior woodwork. Significant as documentation of the lifestyle of the merchant elite of early 19th century New England. Unprocesse... More

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: A handsome Federal style house, with noteworthy detailing and interior woodwork. Significant as documentation of the lifestyle of the merchant elite of early 19th century New England. Unprocesse... More

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: A handsome Federal style house, with noteworthy detailing and interior woodwork. Significant as documentation of the lifestyle of the merchant elite of early 19th century New England. Unprocesse... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window for a Catholic Church in Lewis or Portland, Maine. Shows the Holy Family: Young Christ at carpentry with Joseph, and Mary reads with spinning wheel and symbols]

[Design drawing for stained glass window for a Catholic Church in Lewi...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Nathan Clifford Brown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Lamson, Portland, Me.

[Nathan Clifford Brown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / La...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.

St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me.

Title from jacket. "108" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039316. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Casino, Riverton Park, Portland, Me.

Casino, Riverton Park, Portland, Me.

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Longfellow's statue, Portland, Me.

Longfellow's statue, Portland, Me.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maine General Hospital, Portland, Me.

Maine General Hospital, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View in Deering Park, Portland, Me.

View in Deering Park, Portland, Me.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033546. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Spring Point Ledge Light, Portland, Me

Spring Point Ledge Light, Portland, Me

Negative cracked twice, right side and taped to second sheet of glass. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2924" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018927. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Congress Street, looking north, Portland, Me.

Congress Street, looking north, Portland, Me.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fort Allen Park, Fort Gorges in the distance, Portland, Maine]

[Fort Allen Park, Fort Gorges in the distance, Portland, Maine]

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Some of the five British cargo-carrying ships built under lend-lease at a large New England yard and launched along with two destroyers and one liberty ship at a record breaking mass launching August 16, 1942

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Some of the five British cargo-carr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Stern of a newly completed ship at a New England shipyard, one of five cargo-carrying vessels built for Britain which were christened at a mass launching in New England on August 16, 1942. The five ships were constructed under lend-lease and sent to England immediately upon completion

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. Stern of a newly completed ship at ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M. Silver and Sons - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

M. Silver and Sons - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The main public library, a remodeled 1978 building in downtown Portland, Maine

The main public library, a remodeled 1978 building in downtown Portlan...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Suggested address, 51 State Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-35 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

Portland, Maine, Fire Department, #1, July 3, 1920

Portland, Maine, Fire Department, #1, July 3, 1920

Panorama showing firemen in parade. J242397 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. PAN SUBJECT - Groups

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Charles Q. Clapp House, 97 Spring Street, Portland, Cumberland County,...

Significance: Exceptional and unusual expression of the Greek Revival style, possibly designed by amateur architect, Charles Q. Clapp. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64 Survey ... More

Fort McKinley, Meteorological Station, East side of Weymouth Way, approximately 225 feet south of Cove Side Drive, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, Meteorological Station, East side of Weymouth Way, appr...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portland and the harbor from House Island, Portland]

[Portland and the harbor from House Island, Portland]

Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Peak's Island, Portland harbor, Maine.

Peak's Island, Portland harbor, Maine.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 247 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 710; 651

Western Promenade, Portland, Me.

Western Promenade, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rustic theater, Riverton Park, Portland, Me.]

[Rustic theater, Riverton Park, Portland, Me.]

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portland, Me., drying fishermen's nets]

[Portland, Me., drying fishermen's nets]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Observatory, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Me.

Observatory, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Me.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Middle Street, Portland, Me., Portland, Maine

Middle Street, Portland, Me., Portland, Maine

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longfellow House, Portland, Me.

Longfellow House, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Exterior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Located near Portland's waterfront and built to accommodate the city's growing customs business. By 1866, Portland was one of the most significant seaports in the country. Designed under the direction of Alfre... More

Interior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Interior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Located near Portland's waterfront and built to accommodate the city's growing customs business. By 1866, Portland was one of the most significant seaports in the country. Designed under the direction of Alfre... More

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10469, 10468, 10467, 10466, 10465, 10464, 10463. RRC and R negatives photographed from slightly different vantage point. "G 8638 L," "G 863... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Post Office & Old Courthouse, 169 Middle Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Significance: The Old Post Office and Courthouse was a distinguished example of the Renaissance Revival style. Careful workmanship and a lavish use of fine marble, generous scale, carefully calculated proportio... More

Fort McKinley, South Fork Latrine, West side of East Side Drive, approximately 225 feet south of Weymouth Way, Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort McKinley, South Fork Latrine, West side of East Side Drive, appro...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Suggested address, 51 State Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-35 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Churchill House, 51 State Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Suggested address, 51 State Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-35 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland ...

Suggested address, 91 Danforth Street NW, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland ...

Suggested address, 91 Danforth Street NW, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

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