Keywords: Great Fire of Portland
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 8678
Casco No. 5 fire engine, Portland, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 65231
77 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Raffaele Frascone Use: Dwelling - Single family
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
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.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools
"One of the schools was a primary, grammar, and high school at certain points in time. The other school, the Great Works school does not have any…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens were given plots of land in New Portland to replace their loss."
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
Story
making light
by David Johansen
My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.
