Federal Street is a historic downtown street 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 metropol ...

, United States. It runs for around , from Monument Square, in the southwest to Mountfort Street, at the foot of

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, in the northeast. Its middle section was wiped out by the widening of Franklin Street in 1967. It forms the southern boundaries of both

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(established in 1866) and

Eastern Cemetery Eastern Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, Maine. Established in 1668, it is the city's oldest historic site, and has more than 4,000 marked ...

(1668). Both are listed on the

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. Upon its completion in 2023, The Casco, at 201 Federal Street, became the tallest residential building in Maine, at , surpassing

Franklin Towers Franklin Towers is a 16-story high-rise building located in Portland, Maine, at the corner of Franklin Street and Cumberland Avenue, rising to a height of . Construction was completed in 1969, and its primary use is residential. It affords resi ...

. It is the third-tallest building in the state overall, behind the Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston.

Intersections

The following major streets intersect with Federal Street (from southwest to northeast): * Monument Square * Temple Street * Exchange Street * Market Street * Pearl Street * India Street * Mountfort Street

Notable addresses

Northeast to southwest: * John Parrs House (), 16 Federal Street * 56–58 Federal Street * St. Peter's Catholic Church (1929), 72 Federal Street * 75 Federal Street * 96 Federal Street (1867) and 100 Federal Street (1900), included in the India Street Historic District upon its formation * Cumberland County Courthouse (1910), main entrance formerly on Federal Street, now on Newbury Street *

Edward T. Gignoux United States Courthouse The Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse is a historic courthouse building at 156 Federal Street in Portland, Maine. It is the courthouse for the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Building history When it was completed in 191 ...

(1908), 156 Federal Street (listed on the

). It was the first federal courthouse in Maine *

Printers' Exchange Block The Printers' Exchange Block is a historic commercial building located at 103–107 Exchange Street in the Old Port of Portland, Maine. The building, which was designed in 1866 by Charles Q. Clapp, was built the same year. It wraps around the bl ...

(1866), southeastern corner of Exchange Street and Federal Street *

Press Herald Building The Press Herald Building is an historic building in Portland, Maine built in 1923 and expanded in 1948. It is strategically located across Congress Street from Portland City Hall. It was occupied by the ''Portland Press Herald The ''Portland ...

(1923), northeastern corner of Exchange Street and Federal Street * The Casco, 201 Federal Street, tallest building in Portland and tallest residential building in Maine The 1866 fire of Portland resulted in the loss of the Quaker Meeting House (built in 1796) and First Baptist Church (built in 1811). The United States Hotel (built in 1803) formerly stood at the southwestern end of Federal Street, at Market Square (now Monument Square), behind the original city hall. When the Cumberland County Courthouse was built in 1910, the Charles F. Jones Block, the Goodwin House and the Kennard House were demolished. The previous construction at 201–205 Federal Street was owned by F. S. Waldron Realty Company. The construction of Portland's Central Fire Station, on Congress Street, in 1925, resulted in the demolition of several Federal Street homes and businesses. File:Monument Street.jpg, Federal Street begins on the left in this view from in front of One Monument Square File:Federal Street mid section.jpg, Franklin Street passing through the former mid-section of Federal Street File:St. Peter Parish Church.jpg, St. Peter Parish Church, 72 Federal Street, built in 1929 File:201 Federal Street.jpg, The Casco, 201 Federal Street

References

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