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Description
The Post Office on Middle Street at Exchange Street in Portland was built between 1866 and 1871. It was designed by Alfred B. Mullett.
Made of marble, the building was designed to be built in the South, but he government wanted to help Portland rebuild after the fire of 1866, so put the building in Portland.
The marble was unsuitable for the Northern climate and began to disintegrate. The building was demolished in 1965.
The photo was taken in the spring of 1898.
About This Item
- Title: Post Office, Portland, 1898
- Creation Date: 1898
- Subject Date: 1898
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Local Code: Coll. 423, Box 6/22
- Collection: R. Cutler Libby glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland Post Office (Me.)--Photographs
- Portland Post Office (Me.)--History
- Post offices--Maine--Portland
- Glass negatives
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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