St. Dominic's Church is an historic
Catholic church building in
Portland, Maine, located at the corner of Gray Street and
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. When it was dedicated on August 11, 1833, it became the first
Roman Catholic church in the city and the third in the state. Parishioners generally resided in the historically Irish neighborhoods of
Gorham's Corner,
Munjoy Hill (Portland) and
Knightville (
South Portland
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is si ...
). Prior to the closing of the parish in 1997, it had been at one time one of the largest Irish-American Catholic parishes north of
Boston. In 2003, the building was transferred to the newly formed Maine Irish Heritage Center.
Renovation
In 2009, the MIHC received a $73,000 apportionment of
Community Development Block Grant funds from the city in order to build a handicap-accessible elevator. In 2014, state historian
Earle Shettleworth and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission announced that MIHC would receive a $10,000 grant for maintenance and renovations at the center.
References
Irish-American culture in Portland, Maine
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland
Former Roman Catholic church buildings in Maine
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1833
1833 establishments in Maine
West End (Portland, Maine)
Churches in Portland, Maine
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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