Keywords: Congress Square Hotel
Item 12527
Congress Square Hotel, Portland, parlor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide
Item 12525
Congress Square Hotel, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide
Item 38963
591-593 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Congress Square Hotel Co. Use: Apartments & Stores
Item 58064
149-151 High Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Congress Square Hotel Company Use: Hotel Annex
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention
"… 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
Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3
"… Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets prior to its expansion into a hotel in 1859."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
