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First Parish Church, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: First Parish in Portland Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

North Parish Congregational Church, Springvale, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

194-218 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Woodford Congregational Parish Use: Parish House

187-195 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Woodford Congregational Parish Use: Dwelling

St. Mary's Parish House addition, Falmouth, 1936-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936–1951 Location: Falmouth Client: St. Mary's Parish of Augusta Architect: Wadsworth, Boston & Tuttle

Trinity Church parish house, Portland, 1948-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1951 Location: Portland; Portland; Portland Client: Trinity Realty Corp. Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

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.

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.

First Parish in Portland

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The south side and west end…"

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.