Keywords: Portland waterfront
Item 10998
Waterfront, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 82114
South Portland Submarine Line 1922
Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 52981
2-82 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Company Use: Foundry
Item 52971
2-82 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Company Use: Foundry
Item 151347
House for Frank S. Strout, South Portland, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: South Portland Client: Frank S. Strout Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens 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
A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh
In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"… on what was going on on Portland's busy working waterfront entitled "Along the Waterfront", often with accompanying photographs."
Site Page
"… of factories that would eventually line Lubec’s waterfront. Soon thereafter E.W. Brown and Company built the first factory on Water Street."
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
