The Cumberland County Courthouse is a courthouse building located in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

, United States. Its main façade is on Federal Street, on the eastern side of Lincoln Park, and across Pearl Street from the Edward T. Gignoux United States Courthouse; its entrance is now at the rear of the property, at 205 Newbury Street. Designed by local architect

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, in partnership with Boston architect

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, it was completed in 1910 and constructed in granite. The courts were formerly located in Portland City Hall, prior to its burning down in 1908. An addition to the rear of the building, completed in 1991, was dedicated in honor of

Vincent L. McKusick Vincent Lee McKusick (October 21, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an American attorney and Chief Justice of Maine. At the time of his death McKusick worked at the firm Pierce Atwood in Portland, Maine, as of Counsel. His most prominent rulings ...

, chief justice of the

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between 1977 and 1992.

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{{reflist Government buildings in Portland, Maine County courthouses in Maine Government buildings completed in 1910 1910 establishments in Maine Government of Cumberland County, Maine