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Historical Items

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Item 27523

Graduation program, North New Portland High School, 1892

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: 1892 Location: New Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 25787

West New Portland Schoolhouse, ca. 1900

Contributed by: New Portland Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12067

Sign Board, New Portland, ca. 1931

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1931 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 47800

746-750 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Joseph Brenner Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151568

J. B. Brown town houses on West St., Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151570

J. B. Brown flats on Clifford St., Portland, 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151567

J. B. Brown town houses on Neal St., Portland, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Methodist Church, West Baldwin, ca. 1900

West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

Exhibit

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

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

Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"… Society Great Works School in West New Portland X West New Portland was only known to have two different schools."

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Main Street, West New Portland, ca. 1900

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… The village of New Portland was commonly known as West Portland and today is referred to as the West Village by most people that live here."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… of the New Portlands in Maine”, it states that “West New Portland has a landmark that should not be forgotten: the so called Wire Bridge over the…"