Keywords: Great fire (Portland, Me.)
Item 8678
Casco No. 5 fire engine, Portland, 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
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 65231
77 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Raffaele Frascone Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 116430
Portland City Hall, Portland, 1909-1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1912 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: Carrere & Hastings Architects
Item 116431
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 - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"The name "New" Portland was thus due to its roots to the original Portland. People came to live there in 1783, but the town was officially…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."
Story
making light
by David Johansen
My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima