Keywords: Commercial district
Item 20506
Commercial Street, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 20509
Commercial Block, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Exhibit
Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood
"On the coast, commercial traders felt bound to Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over…"
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement
"… which would "result in irreparable damage" to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal communities."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
