Keywords: Custom House Street Portland
Item 102079
Ruins of the Merchant Exchange / U.S. Custom House, Portland, 1854
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1857 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 16548
Custom House, Portland ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 37283
9 Custom House Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Storage
Item 37282
Assessor's Record, 7-11 Custom House Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Shed
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
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3
"School of Nursing Customs and Rules at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Mercy School of Nursing students, Portland, 1977Northern Light Mercy…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"It spread north along Front Street, damaging or destroying many businesses including Walter Webber’s Drugstore. Following Walter G."
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
