The J.J. Nissen Bakery building is an historic bakery building in Portland, Maine, USA. Located at 75 Washington Avenue on

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, it was built in 1924 for the John J. Nissen Baking Company. In August 1995, the building was purchased by philanthropist

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. The bakery, which was one the largest in New England for much of the twentieth-century, ceased production in 1999. Thereafter the structure was converted in office space.

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Industrial buildings completed in 1924 Industrial buildings and structures in Portland, Maine 1924 establishments in Maine Defunct bakeries of the United States {{Maine-struct-stub