Keywords: Casco Bank Block
Item 148243
Southeast view from City Hall, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-17 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 63329
Assessor's Record, 193-197 Middle Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Casco Mercantile Trust Company Use: Bank Vault
Item 63328
193-197 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Casco Mercantile Trust Company Use: Bank & Offices
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3
"… seen the tower of the Free Will Baptist Church on Casco Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets prior to its…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
