Maine Memory Network

Congress Street at Forest Avenue, Portland, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Bishop Square on Forest Avenue, Portland, 1915

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1915 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 248-252 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Forest City Filling Station Use: Garage, public

Assessor's Record, 248-252 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Forest City Filling Station Use: Storage - Oil

Building at 234 Forest Avenue for Clough & Maxim Co., Portland, 1922-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922–1927 Location: Portland Client: Clough & Maxim Co. Architect: John P. Thomas; Poor & Thomas

House for J.L Watson at 426 Forest Ave., Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: Jerome L. Watson Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

WWI Memorial Trees along Portland's Baxter Boulevard

On Memorial Day of 1920, the City of Portland planted 100 Linden trees on Forest Avenue, each dedicated to the memory of one military service member who had died in World War I, or who had served honorably.

Portland Public Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… their last opening to the sea and their last avenue into Canada. This obstacle to an undivided coastline was fixed upon in 1759 by Massachusetts…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars