Keywords: Portland Public Library
Item 20297
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 19311
Portland Public Library, Congress Street, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 38570
451-461 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Mary J.E. Clapp Use: Stores & Offices
Item 38981
Assessor's Record, 619-623 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: City of Portland Use: Public Library
Item 151087
Portland Public Library alterations, Portland, 1927-1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1954 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 151088
New Children's Room Porland Public Library, Portland, 1928-1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1934 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
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.
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Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.