![Franklin Towers from city hall parking lot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Franklin_Towers_from_city_hall_parking_lot.jpg)
Franklin Towers is a 16-story
high-rise 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 ...
, 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 residency, administered by the Portland Housing Authority (PHA), to people who meet criteria such as retirement age, disability, and limited income. Through PHA, residents pay up to 30% of their adjusted income for rent.
It is the tallest residential building, and the fourth tallest overall in the state.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Maine
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Maine over 100 ft from ground level.
Tallest buildings
Footnotes
References
Emporis.com
{{US tallest buildings lists by state
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern re ...
References
Residential buildings completed in 1969
Apartment buildings in Portland, Maine
Residential skyscrapers in Maine
1969 establishments in Maine
Brutalist architecture in Maine
{{Maine-struct-stub