Keywords: Congress Square
Item 75599
Congress Street at Forest Avenue, Portland, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 25699
Congress Square, Portland, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 38963
591-593 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Congress Square Hotel Co. Use: Apartments & Stores
Item 38961
589 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of George C. Shaw Co. Use: Store & Bakery
Item 151691
Portland City Hall, Portland, 1909-1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1909–1912
Location: Portland
Client: City of Portland
Architect: Carrere & Hastings Architects
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Item 151694
Portland City Hall mechanical drawings, Portland, 1909-1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1911 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention
"… Portland for a brief visit and breakfast at the Congress Square Hotel before moving on to several days of meetings and activities at Poland Springs."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"
""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
What did I do during the Covid quarantine?
by Nasser Rohani from Baha'i Community
Individuals response to Covid and social distancing.
