Keywords: Great Fire of 1866
Item 16928
Great Fire of Portland from Eastern Cemetery, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-04 Location: Portland Media: Oil on canvas
Item 68360
John Marshall Brown on Portland fire, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-06 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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 151692
Portland City Hall, Portland, 1910-1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910–1914 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: Carrere & Hastings Architects
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
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?
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2
"… city, save for the Portland conflagration of 1866." (“Bangor Fire”) The fire began around 4:00 on the afternoon of April 30th in a hay shed owned…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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